Navistar Defense LLC on Wednesday announced that it received a $134 million delivery order for field service representatives from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command.
The contract renews the company’s in-theater FSR service contract to support International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.
“I’m proud to say that Navistar will not sell a truck if we can’t support it in theater,” said Archie Massicotte, president of Navistar Defense. “Sustainment of our vehicles is key – especially when vehicle lifecycles may run between 15 to 20 years. With our fleet of vehicles now growing beyond 32,000 trucks, fleet support will continue to be a critical piece of our business.”
The company currently has more than 600 FSRs in theater and working domestically to support the MaxxPro family of vehicles.
Work conducted under the renewed contract will run through December 2012.
The contract means field representatives will be sent to locations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and military base locations in the U.S., said Elissa Koc, Navistar spokeswoman. It will not affect Navistar’s West Point plant, which recently saw a round of layoffs.
The West Point plant employed about 295 people in July, after making massive cuts last year. The company now employs about 100 people at the West Point facility.
In July 2010, Navistar announced it would cut about 340 of its 500-employee workforce from its West Point plant, as an order for 1,050 MRAPs was completed. In July 2011, the company announced the addition of 30 jobs to fill its third order of military combat vehicles in as many months.
In June, Navistar received a $357 million contract to deliver 471 International MaxxPro Dash vehicles with DXM suspension to the Marines. In May, the company received a $183 million contract to deliver 250 MaxxPro Dash MRAP ambulances.
In July, the company announced it received an order for 140 International MaxxPro recovery vehicles with rocket-propelled grenade nets, from the U.S. Marine Corps.
The $142 million order also included parts and support for MRAPs, according to a company press release.
Employment at the West Point plant can vary widely depending on where the company is on fulfilling manufacturing contracts.
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