Article Posted on : - Jan 07, 2010

The PLS A1 is the next-generation Palletized Load Systems.

WISCONSIN (BNS): US Army has awarded a contract of over $290 million to Oshkosh Corporation�s defence division to design over 725 next-generation Palletized Load Systems (PLS) A1.

The company plans to start the production of the vehicles in April this year and complete it by September 2011, it said.

The PLS A1 is an upgraded version of the Palletized Load System to provide logistics support to American troops. The truck and trailer combination is capable of loading and unloading a variety of heavy-payload cargo.

The vehicle has a Long Term Armour Strategy-compliant cab and a 600-hp engine. It also carries a demountable cargo bed, known as flatrack, which features a 16.5-ton payload capacity, the company said.