John Urias, former president of Oshkosh Corp.’s defense segment, has joined TenCate Advanced Armor as a member of the protective fabrics manufacturer’s advisory board. TCAA said Monday Urias brings experience in U.S. and international contracting to the company plus background from his career in the U.S. Army. Group Director Steen Tanderup said the company looked to Urias’ military and […] More

Griffon subsidiary Telephonics has received a subcontract from Oshkosh‘s defense segment to provide the NetCom vehicle intercommunications systems for the future U.S. Army and Marine Corps Humvee replacement Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Telephonics said Tuesday NetCom works to provide crew intercommunications and radio management systems for up to 20 users. NetCom also features noise cancellation technology to optimize audio intelligibility and protect […] More

Oshkosh Defense will display its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the Eurosatory international defense and security exhibit until June 17 in Paris, France. JLTV is based on the Oshkosh Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle and offers off-road transportation functions, Oshkosh Defense said Monday. Oshkosh was selected in August 2015 to replace U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Humvee ground vehicles under a potential $7 […] More

Oshkosh Corporation has received the 2016 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award from the Defense Department‘s Defense Security Service for the company’s facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oshkosh is among the 42 cleared facilities that received the award for industrial security excellence during the annual National Classification Management Society seminar for the Society of Industrial Security Professionals in Nashville, […] More

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has called for a reassessment of the bid submitted by an Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary for the $638 million Medium Support Vehicle System Standard Military Pattern contract. CITT made the recommendation to Canada’s department of public works and government services following a four-month review after Oshkosh Defense Canada challenged the contract award decision on […] More

An Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary has offered five Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle variants to market in an effort to meet mission requirements for armed forces worldwide. Oshkosh Defense developed its M-ATV family of vehicles to deliver a combination of protection and off-road mobility features for peacekeeping, internal security, border security, special forces, counterinsurgency and conventional military operations, the […] More

An Oshkosh Corp. business unit will demonstrate its unmanned ground vehicle technology at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Oshkosh Defense will exhibit an MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle equipped with a TerraMax UGV that works to facilitate force protection and force multiplier features in the battlefields, the company said Monday. John Beck, Oshkosh chief unmanned […] More

Oshkosh Defense is preparing data and models for the production of U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh, said the company started work on the deliverables while the Government Accountability Office reviews a JLTV contract […] More

Oshkosh Defense has put the company’s joint light tactical vehicle on exhibit at the 2015 AUSA in Washington. Oshkosh said Monday the light military vehicle incorporates the Oshkosh Core1080 crew protection and the Oshkosh TAK-4i intelligent independent suspension technologies. “The Oshkosh JLTV will revolutionize how our soldiers and marines get to the fight,” said U.S. […] More

The Department of State has approved North Macedonia’s request to procure Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and associated program and logistics support services from the U.S. government under a potential foreign military sales agreement worth $111 million. Oshkosh Defense, AM General, Leonardo DRS and L3Harris Technologies will serve as principal contractors in the proposed FMS deal, which includes the procurement of 18 additional M1278A1/A2 JLTV heavy gun carriers and seven JLTV general purpose vehicles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday.

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General Dynamics‘ land systems division, McQ, Oshkosh Defense and Textron Systems have secured contracts worth $25 million combined to design and build light robotic combat vehicle prototypes for the U.S. Army. Under the first phase of the competition, the contractors will each work to deliver two platform prototypes to the service branch by August 2024 […] More

Plasan‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a subcontract worth approximately $300 million from AM General to support the production of new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle A2 systems for domestic and international military sales customers.  The subcontract covers the provision of major subcomponents of the armored cab over five years, Plasan North America said Monday. AM General […] More