WARRENVILLE, Ill., Sep 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- (Navistar International Corporation NYSE:NAV) The U.S. Marine Corps today awarded Navistar Defense, LLC., a contract worth more than $752 million to produce a lighter, smaller and more mobile variant of its International(R) MaxxPro(TM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) family of vehicles.
The MaxxPro Dash maintains the survivability system used on all MaxxPro MRAP variants while also allowing for greater mobility in a smaller, lighter weight vehicle optimized for Afghanistan operations. A smaller turning radius and higher torque to weight ratio are among the improvements to mobility. MaxxPro Dash is also capable of accommodating additional uparmoring. Supportability and maintainability are maximized with a high-degree of commonality of parts among all MaxxPro variants.
(Marketwatch.com)
This is the first I've heard of the Dash. I expected that Force Protection might have the inside track on this contract because of the work they've put in developing the Cheetah. Navistar has shown itself a formidable competitor in the MRAP competition; this serves as additional evidence that the Navistar/BAE entry in the JLTV competition is one to watch.
No luck finding an image of the vehicle thus far. The Navistar Web site has brochures for their JLTV and FTTS vehicles as well as for the MaxxPro and MaxxPro Plus.
Update:
Army Times has a pic of the MaxxPro Dash.
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