Contract Award: $14M for Contractor Logistic Support for the Iraqi Air Force’s Cessna 208B fleet in Iraq
According the Department of Defense (DoD) — Alliant Techsystems Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $14,173,202 contract action for contractor logistic support for the Iraqi Air Force's Cessna 208B fleet. Contract provides for request to return to original performance location and the ongoing security situation in the host country.
Work will be performed in Iraq and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2015. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to Iraq. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8106-10-C-0010).
ABOUT Alliant Techsystems Inc.
ATK was launched as an independent company in 1990, when Honeywell spun off its defense businesses to shareholders. The former Honeywell businesses had supplied defense products and systems to the U.S. and its allies for 50 years. ATK expanded into the aerospace market with the acquisitions of Hercules Aerospace Company in 1995 and Thiokol Propulsion in 2001. A series of notable contracts and acquisitions continued to increase the ATK's presence in aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.