Pierce Manufacturing gets $10M Navy contract
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Two days after Oshkosh Corp. scored a billion-dollar defense contract, one of its subsidiaries has landed its own $10 million military contract.
Pierce Manufacturing of Appleton said Thursday the U.S. Navy has ordered 29 special fire trucks. That follows a separate order for two Pierce hazardous-material vehicles. The total contract is worth $10.3 million.
The fire trucks are equipped with remote-controlled nozzles, foam systems and 750-gallon tanks.
Pierce makes a range of fire trucks, from those used in large cities to others suited for fighting fires in forests and other rough terrain.
The contract follows a Pentagon contract awarded to parent company Oshkosh on Tuesday for more than 2,200 mine-resistant all-terrain trucks.
Jul 2, 2009 at 10:19 p.m.
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...and the war machine keeps churning on...
Jul 2, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.
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Lets see..
My comment was clean...
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No ism's or degredation...
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Just the truth...remove that!
Jul 2, 2009 at 5:37 p.m.
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Those who complain of censure maybe need to read the User Policy Agreement. Then, they need to re-read what they wrote and correct as needed. Also please note Harassing comments.
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Jul 2, 2009 at 3:56 p.m.
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preparing for a war perhaps.... (read.. North Korea)
Jul 2, 2009 at 2:27 p.m.
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elmooso, its close minded liberal people like you that can not see your hand in front of your face even if it were slapping you so why waste normal peoples time just go some place and sing cum-by-ya, it has to be your way or no way just what are you afraid of?
Jul 2, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.
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Apparently some of the comments didn't make it past the minders. Too bad Janesville doesn't have a credible newspaper, but that's what happens when one family monopolizes the media.
Jul 2, 2009 at 2:04 p.m.
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"the middle east is a lot more stable"???? you cannot be serious..
Jul 2, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.
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is the Gazette afraid of free speech it seams that they only exist because of it so why the censorship?
Jul 2, 2009 at 1:33 p.m.
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Zoom” I am not so sure the money we spent on the Iraq war was a waste at least we have oil and the middle east is a lot more stable the libs can all say what we want but I like my home heated and i like being able to travel when I want as I want not depending on public trans to take me to almost were I want to go like in France.
Jul 2, 2009 at 1:29 p.m.
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My first deleted post! Military contracts are related to the Iraq war Gazette. Why delete the comments?
Jul 2, 2009 at 1:11 p.m.
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...and yes, the trillions of dollars spent in Iraq were a waste. But at least we know for certain Saddam can't bomb us now, right? Wasn't that worth trillions of dollars to know?
Jul 2, 2009 at 1:08 p.m.
Jul 2, 2009 at 12:55 p.m.
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These are good for the economy unlike those tax dollars spent on never ending social programs that never help people they just make them slaves. So lets keep up our spending on hard goods and not waste it on the people that do not want to help themselves.
Jul 2, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
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Because it is not wasted
Jul 2, 2009 at 12:15 p.m.
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