Transcript: New MATVs Designed To Reduce IED-Related Deaths

RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
09-29-2009
New MATVs Designed To Reduce IED-Related Deaths

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

American troops in Afghanistan will soon be getting a new vehicle that should help protect them from perhaps their greatest threat: the roadside bomb. A key feature is its V-shaped body that deflects the blast from those improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The vehicle is being built by Oshkosh Defense, and the $2.3 billion contract from the Pentagon is creating hundreds of new jobs.

Erin Toner of member station WUWM in Milwaukee reports.

ERIN TONER: When you walk through the factory doors at Oshkosh Defense, the first ...

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