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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - Pentagon chief lauds Oshkosh's Afghan truck out
Gates Says Pentagon may buy more Oshkosh trucks
Oshkosh,WIS,USA -Reuters, by Jim Wolf and Bernard Orr -Nov 12, 2009: -- U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, heaped praise Thursday on Oshkosh Corp, a Wisconsin truck maker, for speeding potentially lifesaving all-terrain trucks to U.S. troops in Afghanistan... The company aims to build 1,000 of the vehicles per month by the end of this year, up from 46 it built in July after receiving the initial contract on June 30... Overall, Oshkosh is due to produce about 6,600 of the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle, or M-ATV. Gates, speaking to reporters on his flight here, said the Pentagon might buy more if President Barack Obama decides to add troops as part of a review of Afghanistan options expected to wind up soon... On the eve of Gates' visit, the company said Wednesday it had received a new, $438 million order for the Afghanistan-bound armored trucks... The order, the fifth in a series, was for 1,000, boosting the number it is under contract to deliver to 6,219 for more than $3.2 billion, the company said...
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