Aerospace Group:

Air Force

New Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 7th, 2022

SHARE:

New Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft

Two T-1A Jayhawks, two T-38 Talons, and two T-6A Texan II aircraft from Laughlin AFB, Texas, practice advanced maneuvering on May, 2, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest by Maryland-based Vertex Aerospace, LLC of a nearly $302 million U.S. Air Force contract award to Texas-based DynCorp International LLC last July 28 for maintenance of the service's T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II and T-38C Talon planes at Vance AFB, Okla., under the Aircraft Maintenance Enterprise Solution (ACES) program. The ACES contract could be worth $14 billion over 10 years. In November 2020, the Germantown, Md.-based Amentum Services bought DynCorp. In…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]