{"id":18082,"date":"2021-05-18T14:27:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/18\/how-a-military-vehicle-contractor-plans-to-make-a-usps-truck-that-lasts-almost-forever\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:49:28","slug":"how-a-military-vehicle-contractor-plans-to-make-a-usps-truck-that-lasts-almost-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2021\/05\/18\/how-a-military-vehicle-contractor-plans-to-make-a-usps-truck-that-lasts-almost-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"How a military vehicle contractor plans to make a USPS truck that lasts \u2018almost forever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On its face, the work of U.S. mail carriers working across the country and members of the military serving overseas may not have much visible overlap, but according to the contractor selected to build the next generation of postal vehicles, their similarities make all the difference when designing the next generation of mail truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oshkosh Defense, a contractor largely known for producing the kind of rugged, tactical vehicles normally found in warzones, was selected in February 2021 to receive the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s multi-billion dollar contract for crafting the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle fleet over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Oshkosh Defense President John Bryant, the needs of mail carriers for those new vehicles are centered on a truck that can keep going no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFairly early on in the competition, I was talking with one of our USPS customers, and he said something that stuck with me. He said, \u2018we really need a purpose-built vehicle for our unique requirements, so we need it to last almost forever.\u2019 And I thought, that is exactly what happens with our military customers,\u201d Bryant told Federal Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have military vehicles that we delivered in the early 1980s. We have to support them over these very long lifecycles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t