And Force Protection and Navistar should be very worried and pleased, respectively, but the stories thus far have underemphasized the growing dominance of BAE Systems.
BAE, together with subsidiary Armor Holdings, finished a close second with the last round of orders but moved past Navistar with a heavily armored whoosh.
Vehicle orders:
The Armor Holding order apparently consists of 1,024 Caiman MRAPs.
The BAE order is made of of RG-33's including the ambulance variant.
The Navistar order will be filled with MaxxPro MRAPs.
The Force Protection order includes 11 of the Cat. III Buffalo with the rest made of of 12 Cat. I Cougars and six Cat. II Cougars.
The Pentagon cash prize of $1,136,458,248 goes to ...
BAE Systems has positioned itself extremely well in the JLTV competition through its partnerships with Lockheed Martin and Navistar. Lockheed formed its JLTV partnership with Armor Holdings, since last year a BAE subsidiary and BAE inherited the relationship.
Navistar has performed well in the MRAP competition in its own right.
Corrected description of Lockheed Martin/Armor Holdings JLTV partnership
Corrected reference to "Force Protection Industries"
*****
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please remain on topic and keep coarse language to an absolute minimum. Comments in a language other than English will be assumed off topic.