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Oshkosh Receives $127 Million Order For 248 JLTVs

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020

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Oshkosh Receives $127 Million Order For 248 JLTVs

JLTV

Oshkosh Defense [OSK] has received a $127 million deal from the Army to continue delivering Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), with the latest order covering 248 vehicles. JLTVs under the new production contract covers deliveries to the Army, Marine Corps and the Department of State. The company noted over 7,500 JLTVs have been delivered across the joint services since 2015. Oshkosh most recently received a $407 million JLTV order in February to deliver 1,240 JLTVs to the Marine Corps, Lithuania…

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