The Defense Department, as expected, has awarded Oshkosh Corp. a $1.06 billion contract to build 1,700 additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles, according to a DOD statement issued today. The contract award comes despite a request from a losing competitor to delay additional awards to winning bidder Oshkosh, as first reported this week by InsideDefense.com. Last month, Navistar, BAE Systems and a Force Protection and General Dynamics team lost out in the M-ATV competition. Since then, however, Navistar has...
