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Contract Award: Textron Aviation Inc. (Wichita, Kansas) – $113,107,250

Textron Aviation Inc., Wichita, Kansas, is awarded a $113,107,250 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the production and delivery of 10 Multi-Engine Training System aircraft, initial spares, peculiar support equipment, instructor pilot training, and maintenance personnel training to provide intermediate and advanced training for accession into P-8, EP-3, KC-130, E-6, E-2, CMV-22 and MV-22 aircraft in support of the mission of Chief Naval Air Training for the Navy. Work will be performed in Wichita, Kansas (99%); and Corpus Christi, Texas (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2024. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $113,107,250 will be obligated at the time if award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; one offer was received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001923 C0020).



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