Multi-Aircraft Flight Training 2015-2020

The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command awarded a Master IDIQ on October 1, 2015, for non-personal services multi-aircraft simulator training to Foreign Military Sales students, with ordering closed on September 30, 2020. This vehicle is no longer active; no new task orders have been placed since March 30, 2023, and the 5-year ordering window expired nearly six years ago. The combined potential value across 82 task orders stands at $41.1 million, with $38 million obligated (92% of potential value).

Order velocity has declined sharply. Task orders awarded per year dropped from 17 in 2019 to just one in 2023, indicating the vehicle is in wind-down. The most recent order, for rotary-wing initial flight training, obligated $5.2 million against an $8.4 million ceiling and completed in March 2024.

Two firms dominate the award base. KBR Wyle Services, LLC holds 51 orders representing $31.1 million in combined potential value, while CAE USA, Inc. holds 31 orders worth $10 million. This two-firm concentration (roughly 100% of the portfolio) leaves little room for new entrants or secondary suppliers. All 82 task orders carry no set-aside designation and are unrestricted.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Air Education and Training Command placed 78 of 82 orders (95% of combined potential value), with the remaining orders distributed across Global Strike Command, Special Operations Command, and generic Air Force. Foreign Military Sales driving is the primary mission; task orders specify training for military students from Iraq, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Chad, Uganda, Rwanda, and other allies across fixed-wing platforms (C-172, C-208, C-550, King Air variants) and rotary platforms (Bell 206, S-70/UH-60A, UH-1N, MI-17, MD-530F).

Task order values typically range from under $15 thousand to approximately $8.4 million, with training durations tied to pilot qualification pipelines—initial flight training courses span several months. Place of performance reflects the simulator and training infrastructure operated by the prime contractors in support of AETC, not the Foreign Military Sales students' home countries.

Pursuit of this vehicle is not warranted. With the ordering period closed since September 2020 and no new awards in nearly three and a half years, the market is closed to new suppliers.

The Air Education and Training Command Contracting Squadron (AETC CONS) has awarded a Master IDIQ to contractors for providing non-personal services Multiple Aircraft Simulator Training requirements to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) students.