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New Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft

New Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft
Two T-1A Jayhawks, two T-38 Talons, and two T-6A Texan II aircraft from Laughlin AFB, Texas, practice advanced maneuvering on May, 2, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest by Maryland-based Vertex Aerospace, LLC of a nearly $302 million U.S. Air Force contract award to Texas-based DynCorp International LLC last July 28 for maintenance of the service's T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II and T-38C Talon planes at Vance AFB, Okla., under the Aircraft Maintenance Enterprise Solution (ACES) program. The ACES contract could be worth $14 billion over 10 years. In November 2020, the Germantown, Md.-based Amentum Services bought DynCorp. In…

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