Oshkosh Wins Contract

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Oshkosh Corp. has won a Pentagon contract that could be worth billions of dollars to build armored off-road vehicles.

On Tuesday afternoon, Army officials said Oshkosh outbid competitors Navistar International, General Dynamics, Force Dynamics and BAE Systems for the contract that could be worth $12 billion in fiscal 2009 and 2010.

The Pentagon already has $1.7 billion in funding for the program from the 2009 budget, plus an additional $4.5 billion included in a supplemental war spending budget, which would allow quick orders for a large number of trucks.