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Oshkosh Defense, Saudi Arabia’s Al Tadrea Establish New Armored Vehicle Joint Venture

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, May 15th, 2020

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Oshkosh Defense, Saudi Arabia’s Al Tadrea Establish New Armored Vehicle Joint Venture

Oshkosh Defense and Saudi Arabia's Al Tadrea have established a new armored vehicle joint venture. Photo: Al Tadrea

Oshkosh Defense [OSK] has established a new joint venture with Saudia Arabia’s Al Tadrea Manufacturing Company (TMC), with initial plans in place to design and produce vehicles based on the American firm’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 4x4 chassis. Mike Ivy, Oshkosh’s senior vice president for international programs, told Defense Daily the two companies have already been working together for two years and noted that Al Tadrea is Saudi Arabia’s leading armored car manufacturer. “We are excited to partner…

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