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Army

Oshkosh Completes 25,000th Medium Tactical Truck Amid Army Recompete

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

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Oshkosh Completes 25,000th Medium Tactical Truck Amid Army Recompete

Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTVs)

Oshkosh Defense [OSK], even as it awaits judgment on its incumbency building the vehicles for the Army, has rolled out its 25,000th medium tactical vehicle.Technically the truck that left the company’s Wisconsin factory was a member of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, or FMTV A1P2, which Oshkosh has been building since 2009.The Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) on Sept. 21 awarded Oshkosh a $467 million modification to the contract it holds to build an eighth, ninth and…

Congress

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Budget

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