Contract Award: $64M for Aircraft Maintenance Services and Training in Afghanistan

Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas has been awarded a $64,493,531 firm-fixed-price contract for Interim Contractor Support (ICS) and Training. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $64,493,531. The contract provides for the ICS of 26 C-208B aircraft, six T-182T aircraft, six aircrew training devices and aircraft maintenance training.

Work will be performed at Kabul International Airport, Kandahar Air Base and Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2016. This contract supports 100 percent foreign military sales for Afghanistan, and $18,965,809 will be obligated from fiscal 2013 Afghanistan Security Forces fund at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLZI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-14-C-6195).

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