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U.S. Army Awards Navistar Two Foreign MRAP Contracts Worth $475 Million

Monday, March 13th, 2017

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U.S. Army Awards Navistar Two Foreign MRAP Contracts Worth $475 Million

MaxxPro Dash DXM Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle. Photo: Navistar Defense, LLC.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command awarded Navistar Defense, LLC two foreign military contracts worth a total of $475 million to produce and upgrade Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles for Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), respectively, the company said last Thursday.Under the two contracts Navistar will produce and support 40 MaxxPro Dash DXM MRAP vehicles for Pakistan and also reset, upgrade, and support 1,085 long wheel base MaxxPro MRAP Excess Defense Article vehicles for the UAE.Most of the…

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