JCB has won a contract to supply the US military with high speed excavators over the next eight years in a deal worth up to $269m (£213.3m).
The High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) can travel at up to 88km/h (55mph) – fast enough to keep up with a military convoy – and comes in armoured configurations.
The US Army and US Marine Corps want up to 400 of the machines, which will be manufactured at JCB’s North American headquarters in Savannah, Georgia.
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