Morrell: DOD Confident in Oshkosh's M-ATV Production Capability

By Marjorie Censer / October 1, 2009 at 5:00 AM
With the first seven Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles en route to Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday DOD is "very confident" Oshkosh can meet the effort's aggressive production schedules. Geoff Morrell, speaking at a Sept. 30 Pentagon briefing, told reporters that the Defense Department would not have awarded the M-ATV contract to Oshkosh "if we weren't confident in their ability to deliver on it, especially given that this is such a high priority for the [defense] secretary, for...

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