Oshkosh Bags Two New Orders From MARCORSYSCOM
Published:08-January-2010
By Staff Reporter
Oshkosh's Defense division has received two new delivery orders valued at $31.5m from Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) of the US Army. The deal is to install armor kits on 300 vehicles and manufacture more than 90 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements (MTVR) for the US Marine Corps.
Oshkosh Defense will supply Marine Corps with the cargo variant of vehicle and also a few tractors, wreckers and dump variants of MTVR. Production at the company’s Wisconsin facilities will be completed by September 2010. Installation of the MTVR armor kits will be finished at two of the company’s regional service centers in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Oceanside, California.
The Oshkosh MTVR is an all-terrain, multipurpose logistics vehicle used by Marines and Navy Seabees. The MTVR uses Oshkosh TAK-4 independent suspension system, which has undergone around 500,000 miles of government testing to achieve off-road mobility. The MTVR comes in several variants for transportation of troops, materials or equipment featuring an off-road 7.1-ton payload capacity and an on-road 15-ton payload capacity.
Oshkosh has produced around 70,000 military-class vehicles at its facilities. The company claims that it has the capacity to deliver this medium truck order and vehicles for other Defense programs, including MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV), US Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) and capability to meet any surges in production, if needed.
