Canada military awards truck contract to Navistar

OTTAWA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian military will buy 1,300 militarized trucks from Navistar International (NAV.N) unit Navistar Defence LLC for C$274 million ($230 million), Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.

He said in a statement the off-the-shelf vehicles will be the logistics backbone of the army. The trucks will be delivered by the company over an 18-month period starting this summer.

($1=$1.19 Canadian) (Reporting by Randall Palmer; editing by Peter Galloway)