Remember when I said that Oshkosh had won the FMTV military truck production competition, and so would be replacing BAE subsidiary Stewart and Stevenson?^*

Well, BAE has filed a protest on the FMTV award, which means that there stop work order in effect.

Thankfully, production does not start for about year, so it should not have much of an effect, unless, of course, Oshkosh is using the time to redo the drawing package, which is likely.

^*Full disclosure I worked at Stewart & Stevenson, Tactical Vehicle Systems, in Sealy, TX on the FMTV in 1992 and 1993.^†
†Yes, I have worked everywhere. Maybe I can’t hold down a job, but more likely this has been my role as “technical hit man”, where you are parachuted in to take care of a specific need.