AM General receives HMMWV reset work
The US Army has awarded AM General a contract to upgrade M998 vehicles for Jordan, the US Department of Defense announced on 13 December.
Under the $15 million contract, AM General will provide hardware support to reset and upgrade a fleet of 200 M998 High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles being delivered to Jordan under a US government Foreign Military Sale.
Work will be complete by December 2020.
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