Navistar wins contract to build trucks for US Allies
Filed under: Contract Awards, Iraq, Navistar, U.S. Army, afghanistan, logistics
The US Army awarded Navistar a contract for 7,000 odd trucks for the Afghan and Iraqi governments. The value of the contract is over $1B. See the press release here. This is on top of a previous award for vehicles and support for the US Army. Navistar is also bidding as part of one of the teams for the JLTV.
Bad reporting leads to bad news on the MRAP
Filed under: Force Protection, Iraq, U.S. Army, production program
This story, along with many others over the last week, has pretty much been proven wrong. It seems the Pentagon wants to continue it though. See the work at Badgers Forward for more information. I guess it all depends on your definition of what a MRAP is. Also, the poor soldier may have died due to the roll over, not the explosion as he was in the turret at the time. The rest of the crew were unhurt.
Defense Authorization Act rewritten in response to President’s veto
Congress has adjusted the language in the Defense Authorization Act to remove Iraq from a list of countries that can be sued by the victims of terror. The concern stated by the President was that these suits would freeze Iraq’s assets in the US, making it harder for the new Iraqi Government to function. The Hill has the story here.





