A-10 Weapon System Sustainment and Development

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Hill Air Force Base awarded a Master IDIQ for A-10 weapon system sustainment and development on June 12, 2009, with a shared ceiling of $1.6 billion; ordering closed on June 9, 2019, and this vehicle is no longer active.

The vehicle is effectively exhausted. Forty-three task orders totaling $173.4 million in combined potential value have been awarded, with $170.7 million obligated—98% of the combined ceiling. The most recent task order was awarded in September 2018. Award activity peaked early: the vehicle issued five orders in 2013, but only one or two per year thereafter, with no new orders in 2019 or beyond after the June 2019 ordering deadline. No predecessor or successor vehicle is identified in the source.

Work contracted spans A-10 legacy and modernization engineering, structural integrity programs, aircraft systems integration, component testing and repair, and sustainment logistics. Representative task orders include modernization support ($45.9 million ceiling), legacy wing tooling and repair ($19.4 million ceiling), turbine engine monitoring system electronics ($14.7 million ceiling), and aircraft structural integrity program engineering services ($15.9 million ceiling). Pricing is mixed: roughly half the orders use firm fixed price, and half cost-plus or cost-no-fee arrangements.

Competition concentrates heavily among four primes. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. dominate by combined potential value, holding $71.4 million and $54.1 million respectively across 19 awards combined. Lockheed Martin Corporation and The Boeing Company hold $37 million and $10.9 million. All 43 task orders are unrestricted; no set-asides apply. Ninety-eight percent of orders—42 of 43—fund the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Hill AFB; one order funds the Ogden Air Logistics Complex.

Given the June 2019 ordering closure and seven-year-old final task order, this vehicle offers no opportunity for new work.

538th ACSG has awarded a Master IDIQ for contractor support to sustain and modify all configurations of the A-10 weapon system. The A-10 is expected to remain in AF inventory until at least 2028. This poses unique challenges in maintaining mission capability for an aging aircraft flying well beyond its original life expectancy. All task orders under this contract will fall into two primary areas: sustainment and development requirements.