WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oshkosh Defense said Tuesday it will build next generation U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivery vehicles in Spartanburg, South Carolina and expects to hire over 1,000 employees.
In February, USPS awarded a multibillion-dollar, 10-year contract to Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corp. Last week, electric vehicle company Workhorse Group filed a legal challenge to the decision after USPS rejected its bid. The contract could be worth more than $6 billion in total. It allows for delivery over 10 years of between 50,000 and 165,000 of a mix of internal combustion-powered and battery-electric vehicles.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
