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Oshkosh Receives Potential $109.8 Million Army Deal To Deliver New Semitrailers

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, May 31st, 2019

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Oshkosh Receives Potential $109.8 Million Army Deal To Deliver New Semitrailers

Oshkosh [OSK] Defense has received a $13.3 million order from the Army to deliver new semitrailers for heavy transport trucks bound for Europe, with the deal set to potentially total $109.8 million and 170 trailers. The new semitrailers for the Heavy Equipment Transport trucks were designed in partnership with Dutch manufacturer Broshuis B.V. and built to meet weight requirements for European road permissions. “As the workhorse for the U.S. Army, the HET was uniquely designed to provide rapid movement of…

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