Thu, Aug 20, 2009
Contract Has Options For 8 Years
L-3 Communications announced Wednesday that its Systems Field
Support (SFS) division was awarded a 60-day base contract with
eight option years from the U.S. Air Force to serve as prime
contractor on the T-1A Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program.
The total value of the contract with all options is $680
million.
The L-3 SFS operating unit in Madison, Mississippi is
responsible for overall program management of T-1A CLS,
encompassing logistics, material supply support, and repair
overhaul services for 179 T-1A aircraft based at Vance Air Force
Base, OK, Columbus Air Force Base, MS, Pensacola Naval Air Station,
FL, and Randolph and Laughlin Air Force Bases in Texas. The T-1A
Jayhawk aircraft are used by the Air Force for introductory flight
training.
“L-3 Systems Field Support and our industry partners,
Hawker Beechcraft and Pratt & Whitney, are well positioned to
continue providing uninterrupted contractor logistics support for
the T-1A fleet,” said Ed Gloviak, president of L-3 Systems
Field Support. “Over the past decade, we have performed
effectively and efficiently in supporting the T-1A
fleet.”
T-1A Jayhawk
L-3 Systems Field Support is an aerospace and defense support
services contractor specializing in the delivery of integrated
contractor logistics support for aircraft, ground vehicles and
other defense systems. L-3 Systems Field Support has major
operations in Rockwall, TX, Madison, MS, Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
OK Lexington, KY, and Fort Rucker, AL.
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