Lithuania has invested heavily in new equipment for air defence and its ground forces including recently signing an agreement with Sweden for short-range air-defence systems, additional NASAMS medium-range air defence systems and additional Saab RBS 70 air defence missiles.
Oshkosh has produced more than 23,000 JLTVs since the first order in 2015 and the latest contract will add as many as 700 vehicles to orders already placed.
Plasan North America is not a well-known name in the defense industry. But a $300 million contract to build armored cab components for the JLTV has put it on the map.
Jim Cannon told the crowd it was a common misnomer that the JLTV would replace the Humvee, which remains in steady production at its plant in St. Joseph County.