Oshkosh has cited increased sales of its joint light tactical vehicle to U.S. government clients as a key contributor to its revenue of $570M in the recent quarter, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
Read More »Oshkosh Modifies Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Following DoD Report
Oshkosh Defense has made changes to its joint light tactical vehicle for the U.S. Army after a 2018 Department of Defense report found that the platform was “not operationally suitable,” National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.
Read More »Oshkosh Defense Books $75M Army Medium Tactical Vehicle Order
The U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command has ordered $75M worth of tactical trucks and trailers from Oshkosh Defense.
Read More »Army, Marines to Receive Oshkosh-Built Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in Early 2019
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are set to deploy the first batch of Oshkosh-built Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to replace aging High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., will be the first unit to receive the JLTVs in early …
Read More »Oshkosh Among 2019 Military Friendly Employers; Robert Sims Quoted
Oshkosh has been included in Viqtory‘s Military Friendly Employer list for the second straight year and has received a Supplier Diversity Program designation for the first time. Robert Sims, an executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Oshkosh, said in a statement released Friday the number of the company’s military team members …
Read More »Oshkosh to Install Autonomous Tech on Army Resupply Vehicles in Early 2019
Oshkosh’s defense business will begin to install by-wire active safety kit on 60 of the U.S. Army’s Palletized Load System vehicles in early 2019 under the service’s Expedient Leader Follower program. C4ISRNET reported Monday. The company aims to complete the installation on time to allow the federal government to perform …
Read More »Thomas Hawkins Named Oshkosh Government Relations SVP
Thomas Hawkins, a 29-year government service veteran, has joined military vehicle manufacturer Oskosh as senior vice president for government relations. He previously served as national security adviser in the Office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and as a senior professional staff member on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense and state, foreign …
Read More »Oshkosh to Support U.S. Army Unmanned Resupply Vehicle Program; Pat Williams Comments
Oshkosh‘s defense business has received a $49 million contract for the installation of an autonomous technology for the U.S. Army‘s existing resupply and distribution vehicle. The company said Wednesday the contract from the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center will support the Palletized Load System vehicle for the service …
Read More »Army Orders Additional Oshkosh Medium Tactical Vehicles Worth $160M
Oshkosh‘s defense business has received four additional orders worth $159.6 million combined to supply 771 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday its current FMTV product line consists of 17 models that have a payload capacity ranging from 2.5 tons to 10 tons payload range and share more than 80 …
Read More »Army Taps Robotic Research for Resupply Convoy Autonomy Kits Under $50M Contract
Robotic Research has received a potential three-year, $49.7 million contract to supply systems for the development of prototype unmanned vehicles for a leader-follower directed requirement and program of record of the Army. The company said Wednesday it will provide autonomy kits for the Expedient Leader-Follower program meant to allow existing large ground …
Read More »Former Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno Joins Oshkosh Board
Raymond Odierno, former chief of staff at the U.S. Army, has joined Oshkosh‘s board of directors as its 12th member. The retired Army general brings leadership experience, military and international expertise to the specialty vehicle manufacturing company, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh president and CEO, said in a statement released released Wednesday. Odierno’s 39-year military career includes service …
Read More »Report: Army Expects Oshkosh to Deliver New Medium Tactical Vehicles by 2021
The U.S. Army expects its future Oshkosh-built medium tactical vehicles to complete development by the second quarter of 2021, National Defense reported Wednesday. Alvin Bing, product director of the Army’s medium tactical vehicles program, told the publication that Oshkosh will initially produce 41 copies of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles …
Read More »Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System
Barry Pike, program executive officer for missiles and space at the U.S. Army, has said the service considers using the Stryker combat vehicle as the basis for its provisional Manuever-Short-Range Air Defense system in response to a SHORAD capability gap identified in Europe in 2016, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this …
Read More »DLA Orders Oshkosh Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories
Oshkosh‘s defense business unit has received a potential five-year, $42.4 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply motor vehicle parts and accessories in support of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The sole-source contract contains three base years and two option years, the Defense Department said Monday Oshkosh Defense will …
Read More »Oshkosh Defense to Supply Motor Vehicle Parts, Accessories to Army, Marine Corps
Oshkosh Defense will supply various motor vehicle parts and accessories to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps under a potential five-year, $26.1 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA’s land and maritime division will use defense working capital funds from fiscal year 2017 through fiscal 2022 to procure the equipment …
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