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Textron To Deliver Another 55 Armored Vehicles To Afghan Army, Sees Worldwide Market

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

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Textron Marine and Land Systems [TXT] will build another 55 of its Commando Select armored vehicles for the Afghan National Army (ANA) to replace trucks damaged in battle with Taliban forces.The company on Sept. 28 announced a $56.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to supply 55 additional four-wheeled armored vehicles to the ANA, which already operates seven battalions worth of the vehicles.Textron has built a total 634 Commando vehicles, about 623 that are fielded to the…

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