Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it prevailed over incumbents L-3 [LLL] and Dyncorp International as it received an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract with an initial funding value of $5 million to provide field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters from the Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
The initial contract funding provides for transition from the incumbents and program management. The transition began April 19 and the contract itself begins July 29, the company told Defense Daily.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will lead the Army’s Regional Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Central Operations at Fort Campbell, Ky., home of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
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The contract includes repair, reset, modification and additional sustainment efforts required for the AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook and OH-58 Kiowa aircraft.
“We are honored to support the Army’s Aviation units at Fort Campbell, ensuring their aircraft are maintained to the highest standards and ready when they need them,” said June Shrewsbury, vice president of Technical Services at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
Lockheed Martin has extensive expertise in delivering responsive aviation logistics programs, including the Navy’s Tip-to-Tail contract to support its H-60 helicopter fleet, the Army’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor effort for its Apache aircraft, and the U.S. Special Operations Forces Logistics Support contract. On these programs, Lockheed Martin has consistently met strict performance metrics in multiple areas.