Contract Award: $8.7 million for aircraft maintenance in Iraq
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the contractor has been awarded an $8,789,035 contract action (UCA) for the reconstitution of 15 aircraft in Iraq. This foreign military sales Acquisition Category III program provides the aforementioned the purchase of long-lead supplies required to reconstitute the aircraft for Iraq training.
The work provided for under this UCA must be in place to start training the Iraq T-6A fleet no later than the second quarter of 2018 in order to meet critical F-16 pilot demand in 2019. Work will be performed at Inman Ali Air Base, Iraq.
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