Oshkosh’s Urias Says MRAP Maker Winning the Future Abroad

Oshkosh Defense churned out MRAPs and M-ATVs for years during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. To thrive after war, Oshkosh has laid off some workers, but President Maj. Gen. John Urias (Ret.) said the firm is in selling large to foreign governments and banking on the JLTV. “What we’ve had to do is that we, like most original equipment manufacturers, we’ve had to look internationally,” Urias told Defense One. “We’ve been quite successful in selling many of our vehicles overseas.”