Contract Award: Phoenix Air Group Inc. (Cartersville, Georgia) – $165,732,375

Phoenix Air Group Inc., Cartersville, Georgia, is awarded a $165,732,375 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract procures flight minutes using 10 contractor-owned, contractor-operated aircraft for electronic warfare (EW) simultaneous presentations consisting of six for the East Coast and four for the West Coast to simulate a wide variety of airborne threats to train, test and evaluate shipboard and aircraft squadron weapon systems operators and aircrew on fleet air defense and counter potential enemy EW and electronic attack operations. Additionally, this effort provides a variety of training venues, from basic “schoolhouse” air intercept control training to large multinational exercises as well as small single unit training exercises, including target/banner tow missions supporting the Navy, Department of Defense (DOD) and non-DOD agencies. Work will be performed at San Diego, California (50%); and Virginia Beach, Virginia (50%), and is expected to be completed in August 2029. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,400,000 will be obligated at the time of award, of which $2,400,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; two offers were received. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0042124D0018). (Awarded June 28, 2024)