Contract Award: $24M for Aircraft Maintenance Training in Iraq
Beechcraft Corp., Wichita, Kan., has been awarded a $24,500,000 firm-fixed-price and cost- reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for King Air 350 aircraft maintenance training. Contractor provided training shall be based on standard commercial-off-the shelf configured King Air 350 proline 21 avionics.
Work will be performed at New Al-Muthana Airbase, Iraq and Wichita, Kan., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. This is 100 percent foreign military sales for Iraq. 338 Specialized Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA3002-14-D-0003).
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