INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT SCORES MRAP VEHICLE AWARD

/ September 8, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon last week awarded what could be the last set of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle contracts to three manufacturers that have already delivered the blast-proof trucks. The contracts are intended to provide vehicles that are lighter and more agile, and consequently better adapted for use in Afghanistan. International Military and Government -- under the name of holding company Navistar -- received the largest award, a $752 million contract "for the procurement of Category I (CAT I) Mine Resistant...

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