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Canada military awards truck contract to Navistar

Fri Jan 9, 2009 12:00pm EST

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OTTAWA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian military will buy 1,300 militarized trucks from Navistar International (NAV.N) unit Navistar Defence LLC for C$274 million ($230 million), Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.

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He said in a statement the off-the-shelf vehicles will be the logistics backbone of the army. The trucks will be delivered by the company over an 18-month period starting this summer.

($1=$1.19 Canadian) (Reporting by Randall Palmer; editing by Peter Galloway)

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