William McCormick
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command has awarded KBR an $81 million contract to provide aircrew services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, the company announced on Tuesday.
KBR’s certified and qualified aircrew will support the mission essential test and evaluation of all manned and unmanned air vehicles for Naval Test Wing Atlantic and Pacific squadrons. Aircrew will include: test pilots, weapons systems operators, flight engineers, aerial photographers, flight technicians, loadmasters, instructors, unmanned air vehicle operators and other specialists.
“KBR will continue to play an integral role in the Navy’s developmental flight and ground test programs through this contract,” said Byron Bright, President, KBR Government Solutions U.S. “Our flight test operations, systems engineering and integration, and acquisition expertise are vital waypoints in helping the Navy successfully test and evaluate future aircraft and weapons systems for the fleet.”
The company will primarily perform this work at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, as well as NAS Point Mugu and NAS China Lake in California. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is for five years with an option to extend six months.
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