Short but Successful Ride for Oshkosh’s TerraMax Truck in Pentagon’s Robotic Race
OSHKOSH, WIS. (March 15) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation’s TerraMax truck traveled 1.2 miles into the desert on Saturday morning, March 13, before being confounded by obstacles that it “thought” were in its way. This may have been the result of a sensor glitch that provided too much input to the vehicle’s six high-powered computers. Although […]
Oshkosh Truck’s Robotic Truck Qualifies For Pentagon’s $1 Million Desert Race
OSHKOSH, Wis. (March 12, 2004) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK], a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, today announced its robotic truck, known as TerraMax, qualified late yesterday to compete in the $1 million DARPA Grand Challenge, a robotic race across the Mojave Desert sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense’s internal […]
Oshkosh Truck Awarded $185.9 Million Order by U.S. Marine Corps for Defense Trucks
OSHKOSH, Wis. (February 12, 2004) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK), a leading manufacturer of trucks and truck bodies, announced today that the company has received approval from the U.S. Marine Corps for full-rate production of Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) wrecker and dump truck models. This approval was accompanied by a contract modification, funded at […]
Oshkosh Truck Receives $49.4 Million Contract to Remanufacture Defense Trucks Returning from War in Iraq
OSHKOSH, WIS. (December 22, 2003) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK], a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced today that the company has received a $49.4 million contract to remanufacture Oshkosh defense trucks and trailers that were deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and […]
National Guard Unit from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Coming Home for the Holidays
OSHKOSH, WIS. (December 19, 2003) – Members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Company B, 118th Medical Battalion will come home unexpectedly for Christmas. Company B is based in Waukesha, Wis., and was deployed to Fort Drum, N.Y, for mobilization processing and additional training prior to a one-year deployment to Iraq. Instead of spending the holidays […]
Oshkosh Truck To Support Critical Missile Defense Program
OSHKOSH, WIS. (Dec. 5, 2003) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK] announced today that it has been selected by a Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company team to supply HEMTT M983 tractors and engineering support for the Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) Contract. Towing a trailer, the HEMTTs are used to position the KEIs in mission […]
Oshkosh Truck Awarded Contract for U.S. Army Future Tactical Truck Concepts and Technology Evaluation
OSHKOSH, WIS. (December 2, 2003) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK] has been awarded a $968,000 research and development contract by the National Automotive Center (NAC) to support development of the U.S. Army’s next generation of tactical vehicles. Under the contract, which began in October, Oshkosh will refine technology concepts; perform vehicle dynamic modeling and […]
Oshkosh Truck Not Selected as New Supplier of U.S. Army FMTV
OSHKOSH, WIS. (April 17, 2003) — Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK] announced today that the U.S. Army has awarded the production contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) A1 Competitive Rebuy to the company’s competitor, Stewart & Stevenson of Sealy, Tex. Stewart & Stevenson is the incumbent manufacturer of the FMTV line. The […]
Oshkosh Truck Signs Major Defense Truck Contract with United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
OSHKOSH, WIS. (April 1, 2003) — Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK] and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced today that they have finalized a contract for the supply of 348 Wheeled Tankers for the British Armed Forces. The contract value is approximately $250 million and includes a mix of Tactical Aircraft Refuellers (15,000 […]
Oshkosh Truck Advised FMTV Contract Announcement Delayed
OSHKOSH, WIS. (March 26, 2003) — Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK] has been advised by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command today that the award announcement on the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) A1 Competitive Rebuy program has been delayed for several weeks. The announcement had been expected in late March. Oshkosh […]
