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Oshkosh Defense Debuts New Marine Aircraft Rescue And Firefighting Vehicle

Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

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P-19R Pre Production Vehicle Photo: Oshkosh Oshkosh Defense, a unit of Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], debuts its P-19 Replacement Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle, the next generation first response vehicle for aircraft fire emergencies at military bases and expeditionary airfields, at Modern Day Marine this week. The $192 million P-19R ARFF vehicles support and sustainment contract was awarded to Oshkosh Defense by Marine Corps Systems Command at the end of May. The work is expected to be completed by…

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