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BAE, Navistar Laud GAO FMTV Ruling; Await Army Reevaluation

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt BAE Systems and Navistar Defense LLC yesterday lauded the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision to uphold their protests of the Army award to Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) potential $3 billion competitive rebuy. The FMTV rebuy program is to produce as many as 23,000 vehicles and trailers, support services and engineering. FMTV consists of up to 23 variants and 17 different models. GAO upheld the protests, saying the Army award was…

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