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January 2003

Israel Proceeds With Medium-Truck Competition

by Sandra I. Erwin

Israel’s Ministry of Defense is expected to announce the winner of a medium-truck competition in late February or March.

Three U.S. truck manufacturers—Stewart & Stevenson, Oshkosh Truck and American Truck Co.—are competing for the award, anticipated to be worth up to $200 million. The acquisition is managed by the U.S. Defense Security and Cooperation Agency, under the Foreign Military Sales program.

Industry sources said the contract could involve up to 1,000 trucks, purchased over several years in increments of about 300 per year. The specification is for a truck with a payload capacity of 7.7-metric tons. By comparison, the larger variant of U.S. Army’s medium truck, the FMTV, is about 4.5 metric tons.

The Israeli defense forces currently operate trucks that are at least 25-30 years old. Many of the vehicles date back to the 1950s.

The contractors already submitted their bids and are waiting for the Israeli MOD to conduct “site surveys” of the manufacturers’ facilities.

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