Wheeled Coach Industries Inc., an Orlando
manufacturer of ambulances and buses, has won a $ 769,000 defense contract to build 32 military field
ambulances.Wheeled Coach, which was acquired last year by Kansas - based Collins Industries, will begin making the
ambulances next month.Deliveries are scheduled to begin in September.The four - wheel - drive
ambulances will be delivered to Tank Automotive Command, the agency that purchases vehicles for the U.S. Defense Department.The
ambulances will then be distributed to the Navy's regional medical centers in the United States and abroad.
Manufacturer of suspension systems for trucks, motorhomes,
ambulances, school buses, tow vehicles, fifth wheel trailers and transit buses.