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Defense Industry News - Oshksoh Defense
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| Wednesday,
June 29, 2011, 01:35 PM |
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| Oshkosh Defense to Showcase M-ATV
Tactical Ambulance at the AUSA's Army Medical Exposition. |
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Oshkosh
Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will
feature its MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle tactical ambulance
at the AUSA's Army Medical Exposition taking place June
27-29 in San Antonio, Texas. The M-ATV
tactical ambulance offers an enhanced design
that exceeds the military's original M-ATV
ambulance survivability requirements and delivers exceptional
off-road mobility so military medics can reach and care
for injured personnel in challenging operating environments.
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"The
M-ATV tactical ambulance is the lightest
and most mobile MRAP ambulance available to Warfighters
today, and it delivers MRAP-level protection mirroring the
protection on M-ATVs now equipped with underbody improvement
kits to keep them safe on the battlefield," said Ken
Juergens, vice president and general manager of Joint Programs
for Oshkosh Defense. "As we have proved since we started
work on the M-ATV program, Oshkosh has the production capabilities
to deliver this vehicle in response to urgent needs in the
field."
The M-ATV
tactical ambulance's seating arrangement
accommodates two litter and two ambulatory patients, or
any combination thereof, providing increased capacity
and configuration flexibility. Additionally, it takes
less than two minutes to load two litter-bound patients
into the vehicle for reduced exposure to enemy fire, less
movement of the patient, and quicker evacuation and treatment
of injured personnel. The vehicle delivers MRAP Level
II protection and is designed to fit all government-furnished
ambulance equipment easily.
Oshkosh has
received orders for more than 8,300 M-ATVs
to date. The company is supplying the M-ATV base and the
M-ATV Special Forces Vehicle (SFV) to the U.S. armed forces,
and has designed other variants such as the tactical ambulance
based on needs identified in theater. The M-ATV
is five tons lighter than any other MRAP and offers the
best off-road performance thanks to the Oshkosh TAK-4
independent suspension system.
Oshkosh Defense
leadership will be at the AUSA's Army Medical Exposition
to discuss the vehicle and more at booth #321. The event
is being held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
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