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Armored Trucks November 17, 2020

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Mack Defense Donates Proceeds from Mack Anthem® Camo Diecast Sales to Fisher House Foundation

ALLENTOWN, PA (Nov. 17, 2020) – Mack Defense in cooperation with Mack Trucks announced a multiyear partnership with Fisher House Foundation in which proceeds from the Mack Anthem^® Digi Camo diecast model sales will be donated to the nonprofit serving military and veterans families. Mack will donate $20,000 this year for sales in 2019 and 2020, and will contribute up to $10,000 more next year as sales continue.

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Armored Trucks October 22, 2020

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Jankel Provides Seating Solutions for Mack Defense M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck Program

ALLENTOWN, PA (Oct. 22, 2020) – Mack Defense is partnering with Jankel, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of high-specification defense protection systems, to provide the seating solution for the M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck (HDT).

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Armored Trucks September 28, 2020

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Mack Defense Begins Production Vehicle Testing Phase of U.S. Army Contract with Armored M917A3

ALLENTOWN, PA (Sept. 28, 2020) – Mack Defense has delivered six armored Mack^® Granite^®-based M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks (HDT) to the U.S. Army for the Production Vehicle Testing (PVT) phase of its $296 million contract. The trucks will now enter 40 weeks of rigorous durability testing at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center.

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Executive Team July 13, 2020

Mack Defense In-Service Support Contract Extended for Canadian Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Program

ALLENTOWN, PA (July 13, 2020) – Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has exercised the option to extend Mack Defense’s in-service and support contract for an additional five years from 2020-2025, covering more than 1,500 Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) vehicles.

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Executive Team June 25, 2020

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Mack Defense Headquarters Relocates To The Mack Customer Center

ALLENTOWN, PA (June 25, 2020) – To better serve customers, as well as enhance its capability to support military and government contracts, Mack Defense has relocated its headquarters to the Mack Customer Center (MCC) located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The move, which was recently completed, also provides Mack Defense additional working space and access to other MCC amenities.

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Armored Trucks June 1, 2020

Hutchinson Provides Complete Wheel Assemblies To Newly Launched Mack Defense M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks

ALLENTOWN, PA (June 1, 2020) – Mack Defense has selected Hutchinson Industries Inc. as the provider of complete wheel assemblies, beadlocks and thermal hub covers for the Mack Defense M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT).

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Armored Trucks April 22, 2020

Mack Defense Awarded Contract From U.S. General Services Administration

ALLENTOWN, PA (April 22, 2020) – Mack Defense has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply the full range of Mack-branded products to federal agencies for a variety of applications. The one-year contract, which runs to January 2021, includes two additional GSA-optioned one-year extensions, which could push the contract through 2022.

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Armored Trucks March 17, 2020

Business Update To Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Mack Defense’s Update To Coronavirus (Mar. 17, 2020) –Though we are taking extreme precautions to mitigate any risks of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 for our customers and staff, we have still received many questions and wished to proactively address how we are responding:

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Armored Trucks February 18, 2020

Mack Defense Selects XMCO INC As Integrated Product Partner

ALLENTOWN, PA (Feb. 18, 2020) – Mack Defense has selected XMCO INC., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koniag Government Services (KGS), as the Integrated Product Support (IPS) partner for the U.S. Army M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) contract. In this capacity, XMCO is responsible for the preparation of all IPS deliverables required to support testing and full materiel release of the system to the U.S. Army.

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Armored Trucks February 13, 2020

Mack Defense Builds Final Truck For Canadian Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Program

ALLENTOWN, PA (Feb. 13, 2020) – Mack Defense has assembled the 1,587 and final truck for the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) program. The truck rolled off the assembly line on Feb. 13 in Saint Nicolas, Quebec in front of a select group of dignitaries, military officials and Mack Defense employees.

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