Turbine fuel, aviation, JAA

The Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy, awarded a delivery order valued at $2,532.21 to AAR Aircraft Services, Inc. for the supply of aviation turbine fuel (JAA specification, NATO F-34/JP-8). This delivery order, issued on November 20, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2025, is a child contract executed under AAR's single-award indefinite delivery vehicle (IDV) contract with DLA Energy, valued at $63.1 million and effective through March 31, 2027. The contract employs fixed-price pricing with economic price adjustment mechanisms to provide cost certainty while accommodating market-based fuel price fluctuations. There is no set-aside designation associated with this award, reflecting AAR's selection as the sole contractor for this critical fuel supply chain mission. The place of performance is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, though the underlying IDV authorizes fuel delivery across nine states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas to support Department of Defense military aircraft operations.

AAR Aircraft Services, Inc., a subsidiary of AAR Corp. and the largest maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in North America, is a leading provider of aviation maintenance services and aviation turbine fuel delivery to the federal government. The company operates four CFR Part 145-regulated MRO facilities and employs over 3,500 aviation maintenance technicians across multiple locations. The underlying IDV contract authorizes AAR to deliver approximately 192.7 million gallons of aviation turbine fuel across the nine-state region to support critical military aviation operations. Beyond fuel delivery, AAR has demonstrated its commitment to workforce development in the aviation maintenance sector, having received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Federal Aviation Administration in March 2024 to expand its apprenticeship program with initiatives targeting the recruitment of female technicians, transitioning military personnel, and high school students pursuing aviation technical careers.