Navistar Defense Wins $369 Million US Army Contract
Navistar Defense, a unit of truck maker Navistar International Corp., said it won a $369-million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to build 2,293 medium tactical vehicles for the Afghanistan National Security Force.
Production has begun with deliveries starting in January and ending in 2019.
Under the contract, Navistar Defense will provide general troop transport vehicles, water and fuel tankers, ammunition trucks, and wreckers as well as a number of trucks with armored cabs.
This fleet is based on the International WorkStar/7000-MV severe service vocational truck platform. Production will occur at Navistar's assembly plants in Springfield, Ohio, and West Point, Mississippi.
Kevin Thomas, president of Navistar Defense, said, “We have been supporting ANSF since 2005 and have provided more than 9,000 medium-duty vehicles to the Afghan forces.”
