Angeline Leishman
Vertex Aerospace has won a $69.4 million U.S. Air Force award to provide base supply operation and maintenance in support of 178 medium-range, twin-engine jets used in airlift and tanker pilot and navigator training.
The company beat two other competitors to receive option four of the Air Education and Training Command T-1A Jawhawk trainer aircraft support contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
The company will perform work at Air Force bases in Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi, and at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida through Nov. 30, 2022.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center obligated $9.9 million in fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds on the award.
Vertex previously secured option three of the contract in November 2020.
