OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2007--Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced today that, with Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I-3), and Ceradyne, Inc., it had been awarded a firm-fixed-priced delivery order for six Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) II test vehicles by the U.S. Marine Corps Joint MRAP program office.

The vehicles are to be delivered in the first quarter of calendar year 2008 and will be used for further government testing of their Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) resistant capabilities. The BULL(a) is produced on an Oshkosh(R) MTVR (medium tactical vehicle replacement) chassis.

"Oshkosh Truck understands the complex mobility and protection requirements of armored vehicles, and with many companies competing for these contracts, it says volumes that Oshkosh was only one of two companies selected," said Robert G. Bohn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Oshkosh Truck Corporation. "The Oshkosh Truck armored vehicles are engineered to help protect U.S. troops against asymmetric warfare threats such as mines and IEDs, and we are proud to supply troops with armored vehicles to help keep them safer in the theater."

The contract awarded to I-3, Oshkosh Truck and Ceradyne is worth $18,100,000, and is a developmental effort to purchase test vehicles and armor coupons for enhanced MRAP survivability and mobility tests. The MRAP II contracts will also contain ordering options for production quantities.

The MRAP II test vehicles and armor coupons will be delivered to Aberdeen Test Center. Manufacturing of these vehicles will be performed in Wixom, Mich., Costa Mesa, Calif., and Oshkosh, Wis., and work is expected to be completed July 2008. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Oshkosh Truck
21.12.2007