manufacturer of vehicles and truck bodies

It was somewhat short of $12 billion, but I doubt Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) will complain.

As the clock ticked down on the Pentagon's deadline for awarding a new contract for off-road MRAP armored vehicles, investors were getting nervous. In the end, though, the generals hit D-Day on the mark, awarding the first $1 billion installment on the contract yesterday evening to Wisconsin-based heavy industrialist Oshkosh Corp.