MCR Federal LLC (MCR), a provider of Integrated Program Management services, has been awarded a task order worth up to $14.1 million under the Army’s Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) Express contract to provide engineering, data management, testing review, and other support to the Apache Helicopter program in Huntsville, Ala.
“Huntsville and AMCOM have been a critical investment for us. This success and other recent awards have helped increase our Army presence and have proved our investment to be truly valuable,” Neil Albert, MCR’s vice chairman said.
MCR was awarded the contract as a direct award prime through the Radiance Technologies
Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to support the Division of the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED) for the Aviation and Missile, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) in Huntsville. The task order consists of a base award plus five one-year options, with a ceiling price of $14.1 million if all options are exercised.
The AMCOM AED Apache Division is responsible for providing airworthiness and qualification engineering support to the Apache Attack Helicopter Project Manager’s Office (AAH PMO) and to other elements of the Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) for Army Apache aircraft.
The MCR Team will provide Apache specific support in the areas of:Tracking and database management of Category I and II Quality Deficiency report (QDR) exhibits and dispositions and engineering review of Apache airworthiness documents, including Airworthiness Releases (AWRs), Safety of Flight (SOF) Messages, Aviation Maintenance Action Messages (AMAMs) and Aviation Safety Action Messages (ASAMs).
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Other support includes the review of qualification test plans and reports for AH-64D and AH-64E programs; review of sustainment documents such as Source Approval Request (SARs), and manufacturing planning; and review of Apache system safety issues and risk management assessments.
MCR President Vince Kiernan said: “It validates our aviation engineering expertise within AMRDEC and AMCOM as a whole, and further expands our platform portfolio across Program Executive Office (PEO)-Aviation.”