Leidos will provide maintenance support for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft fleets of Afghanistan’s air force and special mission wing unit through a potential $728 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in August. The company said Tuesday it will also provide logistics, flight operations and mentoring services to AAF and SMW as part of the Afghanistan Contractor …
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $69.4 million contract to provide AC-208 armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to Afghanistan’s air force. The Defense Department said Friday the undefinitized contractual action will help fulfill a pseudo-foreign military sales requirement and that the obligated amount of $34 million is from fiscal Afghan …
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Lockheed Martin has helped to deliver two C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft for Afghanistan’s air force, IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly reported the same day. Gareth Jennings writes that these two planes were surplus from the U.S. Air Force and were received by Afghanistan at Kabul International Airport. NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan will help the Afghan air …
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Raytheon Co. has announced the graduation of the first 10 Afghan Air Force students as commercial-level rotary-wing pilots as part of the U.S. Army's warfighter field operations customer support contract, according to a company statement. The graduation ceremony was held in the Middle East on Sept. 26, after the students completed …
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