Oshkosh Defense Canada Inc. [OSK] said Wednesday it responded to Canada’s Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) Request for Proposals (RFP), offering a high performance, low risk solution to meet the Canadian Department of National Defense’s (DND) mission requirements and protect Canadian soldiers for decades to come.
Canada is modernizing its logistics vehicle fleet in this project.
“Working closely with our Canadian industry partners and a growing network of Canadian suppliers, our Oshkosh MSVS SMP offering provides superior vehicle performance, sustainment across six continents, and ultimately, the best overall value for Canada,” said John Urias, Oshkosh Corporation executive vice president and president of Oshkosh Defense. “The Oshkosh MSVS SMP family of vehicles is the next generation of the world’s most trusted, battle-proven military platform in the field today. We are proud to present the Government of Canada with our MSVS SMP bid that meets or exceeds all project requirements, and most importantly, provides Canadian Soldiers with the modern logistics vehicles they need to perform their missions.”
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Oshkosh, in collaboration with its Canadian team members and suppliers, will return 100 percent or more of the MSVS SMP contract value to the Canadian economy.
Oshkosh’s strategic team members for the project include Coors Tek’s DEW Engineering and Development, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada [GD] , and Link Suspensions of Canada-Raydan Division.
“Our MSVS SMP team aligns core Oshkosh design, production and sustainment strengths with Canada’s finest technology, manufacturing and services capabilities,” said John Lazar, senior director of Global Strategic Initiatives for Oshkosh Defense. “We are committed to supporting MSVS SMP and future Canadian vehicle modernization programs by working with companies across Canada and creating new economic value in the process.”
Oshkosh said it designed, extensively tested and built its MSVS SMP solution to bring the latest ground vehicle technologies to the Canadian Armed Forces. The Oshkosh MSVS SMP vehicles and trailers are built for a full range of logistics missions from disaster recovery at home to major conflicts abroad. Key vehicle subsystems, including a high-performance drive train, advanced suspension and braking systems, and a state-of-the-art armor protection system, allow the Oshkosh MSVS SMP to achieve a 70 percent off-road mission profile and a 98 percent mission reliability rate–both of which will enable Canada’s ground forces to more safely operate in a vast array of threat levels, climates and terrains, the company said.
The Oshkosh MSVS SMP builds upon decades of in-theater experience around the globe and more than one billion real-world operational kilometers accumulated on the Oshkosh Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) platform. The acclaimed HEMTT platform is a purpose-built military vehicle that has been chosen by the U.S. Defense Department and more than 20 allies worldwide, consistently outperforming commercial vehicle derivatives in competitive scenarios.
Canada’s MSVS SMP RFP also includes five years of In-Service Support (ISS). With Canadian troops more frequently mobilized around the world for defense and humanitarian missions, complete life cycle sustainment is increasingly important to ensure mission readiness.
The Oshkosh team’s ISS offering leverages decades of performance based contracting and major repair/overhaul programs experience to minimize MSVS SMP life cycle costs while maximizing reliability and readiness rates. “Our ISS plan is based on a robust global supply chain and a mature logistics system that spans six continents,” said Lazar. “By applying our logistics supportability analysis methodology to manage fleet health, Oshkosh has helped reduced military vehicle fleet life cycle costs as much as 70 percent.”