Navistar receives $66 million order

Navistar Defense today announced that it received $66 million in delivery orders from the U.S. Army

All 492 vehicles that are part of the order will go to support security and rebuilding efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"In less than seven years, we have received nearly 30,000 vehicle orders with a majority of those being military commercial off the shelf vehicles," said Archie Massicotte, president of Navistar Defense.

Under the delivery orders, Navistar will provide several variants that share vehicle commonality. Vehicles based on the International 7000-MV, or WorkStar, platform include general troop transport vehicles, fuel tankers, water trucks and wreckers. The company will also provide buses. The units are additional orders placed under four existing Navistar contracts. Deliveries will begin in December 2010.

Bus production will occur at the company's Tulsa, Okla., assembly plant. The remaining vehicles will be produced at Navistar's Garland, Texas, and West Point, Miss., facilities.

Navistar International Corp. based in Warrenville is a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates produce International brand commercial and military trucks, MaxxForce brand diesel engines, IC Bus brand school and commercial buses, Monaco RV brands of recreational vehicles, and Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans. It also is a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets.