Consolidated Trailers, Inc., a small disadvantaged and veteran-owned business based in Baltimore, Maryland, was awarded a $518,300 firm fixed-price purchase order on September 22, 2025, by Pacific Air Forces to manufacture and deliver an F-18 Mobile Aircraft Egress Trainer to the 554th Red Horse Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. This total small business set-aside contract requires delivery by June 19, 2026. The trainer is a standalone unit designed to precisely replicate an F-18 aircraft for pilot egress training, featuring a single-pilot cockpit with opening canopy, authentic F-18 restraints and controls, stainless steel fuselage construction, three-wheel landing gear, built-in lifting lugs, and dedicated liquid oxygen and battery compartments. The equipment includes folding wings for transportation mobility and wing-mounted ordnance replicas to provide realistic training capabilities.
The procurement originated from a pre-solicitation sources sought notice issued by Pacific Air Forces on August 24, 2025, designated under NAICS code 339999 for All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing. Consolidated Trailers' award leverages its established capabilities as a manufacturer and supplier of specialized equipment to defense agencies and its current GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract, valued up to $47.1 million through January 2030. The contract supports Pacific Air Forces' training operations at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, where the Red Horse Squadron specializes in rapid engineering support for contingency operations.