The US Army has awarded a contract to Textron Marine & Land Systems for the supply of 423 additional armoured security vehicles (ASVs).
Under the $461m contract, the company will deliver 327 M1117 ASVs and 96 M1200s Armoured Knights.
The contract has options which if exercised could bring the total value of the contract to $700m.
Deliveries of the vehicles are expected to begin in October 2010 and continue until the first quarter of 2012.
The ASV is a 4×4 wheeled armoured vehicle with an independent suspension system, which provides enhanced crew protection against small arms fire, artillery projectile fragments, improvised explosive devices and landmines.
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The ASV family of vehicles can undertake a wide range of missions including scout, infantry personnel carrier, reconnaissance, command and control, and maintenance, convoy protection, as well as field artillery combat observation and lasing teams.
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