DTN News - NAVISTAR DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Marines Ordered 471 MaxxPro Dash MRAP From Navistar....NSI News Source Info # 2061(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 10, 2011: The U.S. Department of Defense issued/notification # 495 dated June 10, 2011 released indicates Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $357,112,582 firm-fixed-priced delivery order 0019 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of 471 MaxxPro Dash vehicles.
Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., and is expected to be completed by the end of September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
The MaxxPro Dash DXM™ is a lighter, smaller, and more mobile variant of our MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) family of vehicles. The DXM independent suspension is a no-compromise solution, allowing ease of integration and installation. The suspension solution increases payload, offers a 54ft turning radius, and central tire inflation system (CTIS). The Dash maintains the survivability system used on all MaxxPro MRAP variants while also allowing for greater mobility optimized for Afghanistan operations.
