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Navy/USMC

Navistar To Pay U.S. $50 Million To Settle Complaint It Overcharged For MRAP Parts

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, May 28th, 2021

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Navistar To Pay U.S. $50 Million To Settle Complaint It Overcharged For MRAP Parts

MaxxPro Dash DXM Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle. Photo: Navistar Defense, LLC.

Navistar Defense [NAV] will pay the U.S. government $50 million to settle a complaint that the vehicle manufacturer overcharged the military by inflating the cost of parts for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles it produced for the Marine Corps between 2007 to 2012. The complaint was originally filed by Duquoin Burgess, a former contract director at Navistar, who alleged the company had doctored invoices to reflect fraudulent prices for various MRAP components, including the vehicles’ chassis, engines, and suspension systems.…

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