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South Korea’s Hanwha Confirms It’s Teamed With Oshkosh Defense On OMFV Proposal

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 19th, 2021

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South Korea’s Hanwha Confirms It’s Teamed With Oshkosh Defense On OMFV Proposal

Rendering of Hanwha's Redback platform. Photo: Hanwha Defense.

South Korea’s Hanwha announced Monday it has partnered with Oshkosh Defense [OSK] on its proposal to compete for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. “Bringing together the heritage of two innovative, reliable, and successful land systems companies, gives me great confidence that Hanwha and Oshkosh, with our other consortium partners, will deliver the next generation Infantry Fighting Vehicle the American Soldier clearly deserves,” Ret. Army Lt. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, head of Hanwha Defense’s U.S. operations, said in…

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