AM General has received a $45.9 million contract for the procurement of 6,576 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles for the Afghan National Defense Security Forces.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, falls under foreign military sales and provides the expanded capacity M115 HMMWV. The production will take place in South Bend, Ind., and is expected to run through Aug. 31, 2018.
The M115 HMMWV is a four-wheeled vehicle designed as a troop and weapons carrier. Modern variants are capable of receiving a variety of armor upgrades and include a ring-turret for medium and heavy weapons such as machine guns, automatic grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons.
Other versions have been produced to serve as light cargo carriers, ambulances and command-and-control vehicles. It has served as the standard utility vehicle for the U.S. military for decades and has been widely exported.
The HMMWV is slated to be phased out of front-line service in the U.S. in favor of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle due to its vulnerability to improvised explosive devices.
India cross-border firing kills six Pakistani civilians: military
The Pakistani military Friday said six people have been killed and over two dozen wounded in firing by Indian troops, in the latest cross-border violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
The incident occurred within the last 24 hours near the frontier dividing Indian-held Kashmir from Pakistan's Punjab province, known as the working boundary, Pakistani officials said.
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