AM General to expand, add hundreds of jobs
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South Bend-based AM General says it will hire hundreds of additional workers and invest millions of dollars after winning a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, an armored truck used by the military. WNDU-TV in South Bend is reporting the company will be expanding and adding manufacturing equipment to its plant in Mishawaka, where the company produces Humvees.
The company was unable to provide more specific details on staffing needs or how much it will be investing to prepare the plant to fulfill the contract that could be worth as much as $8.6 billion over 10 years.
“So, this is recession proof. This is a ten-year contract to produce this vehicle in the quantities we’ve stated will probably grow,” Cannon told WNDU. “We had a plant-wide meeting. I think, suffice to say, this is a great boost to morale, and it submits our legacy here In northern Indiana for another generation of workers.”
The contract, which was awarded last week, calls for the production of 20,000 JLTVs and approximately 10,000 trailers that accompany the tactical battlefield vehicle.
AM General won a recompete contract over Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corp., that won the original contract in 2015 to build JLTVs.
WNDU reports the first units are expected to come off the Mishawaka production line in March of 2024.
Click here to access the WNDU coverage.
