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Officials with Polaris say they are track to deliver their DAGOR vehicles to Canadian special forces later this year.

The contract calls for a total of 52 vehicles to be delivered in total. There is an option for 26 additional vehicles. Those would be delivered sometime in 2018 if that option is exercised.

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The vehicles will be used by special forces mainly for off-road operations. A weapons turret will be installed on the vehicles.

The vehicles can be transported by a variety of Canadian military aircraft, including Chinook helicopters and C-17 and C-130 transport planes. A Chinook can carry two of the vehicles.

Canadian special forces currently operate a fleet of U.S. built High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles or Humvees. Those vehicles are located at Garrison Petawawa in the Ottawa Valley but can be used by various CANSOFCOM units, including the Ottawa-based Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorism unit.