UAE Firm, Armed Forces In $235m Support Contract For Oshkosh Vehicles

The United Arab Emirates armed forces and UAE firm Emirates Advanced Research and Technology Holding (EARTH) have announced a Dhs864 million ($235 million) technical support contract, said Obadi al-Ketbi, chairman of the organising committee for the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) underway in Abu Dhabi.

EARTH will provide support for 750 mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles which Oshkosh Corp sold to the Gulf Arab state in 2013.