New protective vehicle to be unveiled today at Letterkenny Army Depot

Posted on: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:59:00 EDT


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Jun 23, 2009 (Public Opinion - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
BAESF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The latest relative to the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle is to be unveiled today in the Cumberland Valley Business Park.

BAE Systems and PM Assured Mobility Systems will roll out the Panther family of vehicles at Building 52 near Letterkenny Army Depot north of Chambersburg.

BAE is producing the Panther for the U.S. Army. The six-wheel-drive vehicle has a V-shaped hull designed to protect occupants from unconventional explosives. The vehicle will be used by forward engineers, explosive ordnance disposal units and military intelligence units.

The factory, a partnership between York-based BAE U.S. Combat Systems and Letterkenny, has manufactured 700 MRAPs for use in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The new work will be done by the existing workers at plants in York and Letterkenny, according to a BAE spokeswoman.

Partnerships between government and private industry at Letterkenny are likely to employ an additional 150 people at Letterkenny by the end of the year, according to Deputy Commander John Gray.

Letterkenny also has an order to assemble 680 replacement doors on earlier MRAP versions.

The final RG33 MRAP rolled off the Letterkenny assembly line in November. BAE Systems and Letterkenny had a production of more than 280 MRAPs for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

Letterkenny and its tenants have about 3,600 workers and make up the largest employer in Franklin County.

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