Navistar Defense Bags $35M US DoD Contract

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Defense Industry Daily  /  February 20, 2017

Navistar Defense has been contracted $35 million by the US Department of Defense to provide 40 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MaxxPro Dash DXM vehicles.

The deal supports foreign military sales for the government of Pakistan and work is expected to be complete by the end of October 2018.

MaxxPro Dash DXM vehicles feature a V-shaped hull to deflect IED explosions away from the vehicle and are built to withstand ballistic arms fire and mine blasts.

Pakistan will use the vehicles to protect troops against attacks from jihadist militants and other insurgents operating between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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[Red Horse]

 wow- $875,000 per copy!  Just wondering-all that "blast survivability" equipment, but would a burst from a AK-47 through the engine compartment disable this vehicle?  I can't imagine there is any armor plate under that fiberglass nose or is there?

[41chevy]

1 hour ago, Red Horse said:

 wow- $875,000 per copy!  Just wondering-all that "blast survivability" equipment, but would a burst from a AK-47 through the engine compartment disable this vehicle?  I can't imagine there is any armor plate under that fiberglass nose or is there?

The nose is made  from Carbon-Kevlar type material with a classified resin compound. Flat layers of this resin-soaked mesh are squeezed and baked by in a high pressure press.This gives you a hard, dense, rigid panel. A speeding bullet, striking a panel, deforms, losing much of its forward momentum. Meanwhile, the layers of hard resin-caked mesh separate, unfolding like an accordion’s bellows. This absorbs even more of the bullet’s energy. The practically unbreakable strands of Kevlar running through the panel then act like the nets of a batting cage catching and deflecting the bullet. Same process to make the ballistic blocks for the Abrams, Bradley and Merkava.

Edited February 20, 2017 by 41chevy

[Red Horse]

2 hours ago, 41chevy said:

The nose is made  from Carbon-Kevlar type material with a classified resin compound. Flat layers of this resin-soaked mesh are squeezed and baked by in a high pressure press.This gives you a hard, dense, rigid panel. A speeding bullet, striking a panel, deforms, losing much of its forward momentum. Meanwhile, the layers of hard resin-caked mesh separate, unfolding like an accordion’s bellows. This absorbs even more of the bullet’s energy. The practically unbreakable strands of Kevlar running through the panel then act like the nets of a batting cage catching and deflecting the bullet. Same process to make the ballistic blocks for the Abrams, Bradley and Merkava.

Impressive-thx for the education!  Looks like a stock Binder hood off a 7400!

[kscarbel2]

Associated Press  /  February 17, 2017

Navistar International Corp. has been awarded a $35 million contract to deliver 40 armored vehicles to Pakistan from its Mississippi plant.

The U.S. Army announced the contract Thursday, saying Navistar, based in Lisle, Illinois, had made the only bid for the mine resistant ambush protected MaxxPro Dash DXM trucks.

Work is supposed to be done at Navistar's plant in West Point, as well as in Pakistan, and is estimated to be finished by Oct. 31, 2018.

Although the West Point plant had laid off all its workers in 2013, it has since won a series of contracts to build or refurbish vehicles for the U.S. Army and foreign militaries. Spokeswoman Amy McCaskill says the new contract, combined with existing work, means the plant will maintain its current 340 employees.