Hello, Guest!
  • Friday, November 22, 2024

Vertex Aerospace Wins $97M Contract to Help Manage Air Force T-1A Trainer Fleet


Vertex Aerospace has won a one-year, $97.5M contract from the U.S. Air Force to manage and sustain the base supply of T-1A Jayhawk trainers for the Air Education and Training Command.

The company will support 178 T-1As stationed at air bases in Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi as well as at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida through Nov. 30 of next year, the Defense Department said Friday.

The Air Force received three offers for firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate $48.3M in fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award.

T-1A is a twin-engine, medium-range aircraft used to train undergraduate pilot trainees and military personnel in airlift flight and navigation.

Investment firm American Industrial Partners acquired Vertex Aerospace from L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) earlier this year in a $540 million cash deal.

Video of the Day

Related Articles

Acuity Forms Intelligence Community-Focused Business, Appoints KC Wilberg as Unit Head Executive Moves

Acuity Forms Intelligence Community-Focused Business, Appoints KC Wilberg as Unit Head

KC Wilberg, formerly a vice president at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined Acuity to lead the technology consulting company’s newly formed intelligence practice. Reston, Virginia-based Acuity said Monday the two-decade federal market veteran aims to expand the firm’s technical service offerings for the intelligence community. Wilberg will work closely with the company’s SVP of

Andrew Ivers to Succeed Bob Fickett as CPI CEO Executive Moves

Andrew Ivers to Succeed Bob Fickett as CPI CEO

Andrew Ivers, a veteran defense and communications electronics industry leader, will assume the role of CEO of Communications & Power Industries and its parent company, CPI International, by the end of May. He will succeed Bob Fickett, who will transition to the position of executive chairman of CPI’s board of directors and serve as a

Former QinetiQ Exec Aydin Mohtashamian Takes COO Role at Parry Labs Executive Moves

Former QinetiQ Exec Aydin Mohtashamian Takes COO Role at Parry Labs

Aydin Mohtashamian, a more than two-decade aerospace and defense sector veteran, has joined mission computing technology provider Parry Labs as chief operating officer. He brings experience in digital transformation, large-scale systems integration, operational planning and execution and product development to his new position, the company said Monday. Prior to joining Parry Labs, Mohtashamian worked for