IDIQ Contract Supports Foreign Military Sales Product Assurance Flights

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, part of Textron Systems unit announced it has received an initial task order award under the Combat Air Forces Contracted Air Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide chase flight services for the Defense Contract Management Agency’s F-16 aircraft.

The task order contract stipulates that ATAC will provide contractor-owned and operated aircraft to the Department of the Air Force Foreign Military Sales Team for F-16 Production Test Support. ATAC aircraft will fly in the chase position during F-16 first flights as well as product assurance flights out of Donaldson Field Airport (KGYH) in Greenville, South Carolina.

Flights are anticipated to commence in August 2025 and run for approximately 2 years or up to 27 months including base and option years.

ATAC has provided Adversary Air and Close Air Support Services as a long-time defense partner. This is ATAC’s second contract dedicated to providing Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Services and showcases ATAC’s continuing expansion in this market.

Scott Stacy, Senior Vice President of ATAC said, “ATAC is an industry-leader in chase flight services and adversary air training services. We have pioneered much of what are now contracted air services industry standards with a fleet of over 100 aircraft, over 105,000 flight hours, and 30 years of operating experience.

“ATAC now provides chase and target flight services for the F-16s in Greenville, as well as the F-35 aircraft that fly from the Joint Reserve Base in Ft. Worth, Texas. We are proud to work with PMA-226, DCMA, and the Air Force and Navy in support of these critical programs. We know that these new aircraft will give pilots a decisive advantage when it counts, across the globe.”

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