Fort Wayne, Indiana – Michelin North America Inc.’s BFGoodrich unit has won a $10.7 million contract to supply the US military with tyres for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee.
BFGoodrich will be the majority supplier, but Goodyear – up to now the sole supplier of military Humvee tyres – also will continue to supply the Humvee, a Michelin spokeswoman said.
The tyre to be supplied will be a BFGoodrich Baja T/A radial tyre designed specifically for military use, and it will be produced…