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Mack Trucks lands another military contract
Mack Trucks has been tapped by the U.S. Army for a contract for engine development, the second million-dollar contract awarded to the company this month, the company announced today.
The Allentown-based company was awarded a contract for more than $1 million for development of heavy duty diesel engines with the U.S. Army Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, a Michigan-based division.
The contract comes days after Mack announced it was awarded $28.5 million to supply 152 Mack Pinnacle heavy-duty trucks to a Michigan-based division of the U.S. Army that conducts weapons research.
Earlier this year, Mack along with three other truck producers, were tapped in a $2 billion deal to replace about 16,000 polluting trucks in California by 2012.
A slowed U.S. economy has affected Mack truck sales as demands have decreased for home building and freight shipping. Mack's deliveries in August were 1,266, an almost 12-percent decrease from the same month last year.
Total deliveries through August were 11,051, a 4-percent decrease compared to the first eight months in 2007.
The Allentown-based company was awarded a contract for more than $1 million for development of heavy duty diesel engines with the U.S. Army Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, a Michigan-based division.
The contract comes days after Mack announced it was awarded $28.5 million to supply 152 Mack Pinnacle heavy-duty trucks to a Michigan-based division of the U.S. Army that conducts weapons research.
Earlier this year, Mack along with three other truck producers, were tapped in a $2 billion deal to replace about 16,000 polluting trucks in California by 2012.
A slowed U.S. economy has affected Mack truck sales as demands have decreased for home building and freight shipping. Mack's deliveries in August were 1,266, an almost 12-percent decrease from the same month last year.
Total deliveries through August were 11,051, a 4-percent decrease compared to the first eight months in 2007.
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