December 28, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK), said has received an order valued at more than $54 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command to supply more than 970 add-on protection kits for the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle.

Under the delivery order, Oshkosh will supply more than 170 explosively formed penetrator kits through April 2010 and 800 rocket-propelled grenade kits through May 2010. To date, Oshkosh has received awards valued at $3.52 billion to deliver 6,619 M-ATVs, as well as spare kits and aftermarket in-theater support.

Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense is a designer and manufacturer of tactical military trucks and armored wheeled vehicles.

Parent company Oshkosh is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of a range of specialty access equipment, commercial, fire & emergency and military vehicles and vehicle bodies.

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