Aircrew And Maintenance Training For Foreign Military Sales Partner Nations And United States Government

The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command awarded a Master IDIQ on September 30, 2022, for aircrew and maintenance training services to foreign military sales partner nations and the U.S. Government, with ordering authority extending through September 29, 2032. The vehicle carries a $194.5 million shared ceiling and operates under no set-aside restriction at the vehicle level, though task-order set-aside designations vary.

Ordering momentum has moderated since launch. The vehicle received 42 task orders over its first four years, with peak activity in 2024 (15 orders) followed by declining awards in 2025 and 2026 (6 and 5 orders respectively). The combined potential value of all awarded task orders is $44.2 million, fully obligated. Task-order values range from $2,500 initial kickoff orders to $6.7 million for Kuwait Undergraduate Pilot Training, with typical orders in the $2–3.5 million range. Completion dates cluster in 2024–2026, with some extending to 2027.

Scope spans initial, recurrent, and seasoning flight training for multiple aircrew positions (pilots, navigators, flight engineers, loadmasters, mission sensor operators) and maintenance training across fixed and rotary-wing platforms including Cessna 208, MD-500, A-29, AT-6, S-70, King Air, AW-139, PC-12, and Bell variants. Work is performed CONUS and OCONUS, with specific recent awards supporting Malta, Lebanon, Tunisia, Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, and Uzbekistan programs. Training is contractor-operated and Type I Special Training under the Security Assistance Training Program.

Competition is concentrated. Five primes capture 79 percent of awarded task orders: Skywarrior Flight Training LLC (8 orders, $13.2 million), Fox3 International LLC (7 orders, $13.8 million), Val-Kor LLC (8 orders, $3.6 million), Delmar Aerospace Corporation (6 orders, $4.8 million), and Brunner Aerospace LLC (4 orders, $7.4 million). Together the top five hold 97 percent of combined potential value. Customer concentration is acute: the Air Education and Training Command placed 41 of 42 orders ($41.8 million), with Air Combat Command placing one ($2.3 million). About half of all task orders are set-aside for small business, with the remainder unrestricted or partially set-aside, reflecting a mixed competitive pool.

Services required will include conducting commercial training for aircrew and maintainers as required by the United States Government (USG) and various international customers. Training shall be based on standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) configured airframes.