TSA III

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center established TSA III, a Master IDIQ for military aircrew and weapons systems training devices and contractor logistics support, with ordering closed on August 31, 2025. The vehicle ran from September 2015 through its ordering deadline, succeeded by Training Systems Acquisition IV awarded June 1, 2023. With 78 task orders totaling $7.27 billion in combined potential value and $6.17 billion obligated (85%), the vehicle is fully spent; no new orders can be placed.

Awarded task orders span fixed-price firm contracts for maintenance and aircrew training systems across military platforms including C-130J, C-17, F-16, B-2, KC-135, A-10, B-1, C-5, T-38, and rotary-wing aircraft. Work includes device procurement, contractor logistics support, training system support centers, courseware development, site activation, and obsolescence management. Foreign military sales orders for New Zealand, Egypt, and India appear on the portfolio. Tasks range from low-value administrative orders ($1,000 setup awards in 2015) to mega-contracts exceeding $700 million ceiling, with recent representative orders valued between $18.7 million and $127.2 million.

Lockheed Martin Corporation dominates, holding 21 of 78 orders worth $2.19 billion combined potential value (30% of all orders). CAE USA Inc. ranks second by potential value at $1.02 billion across 3 orders, followed by Cymstar LLC at $892.5 million across 4 orders. The top five primes capture 79% of combined potential value; activity is concentrated among a narrow prime base of 28 distinct contractors. Boeing holds 6 orders worth $216.2 million, with the remainder distributed across smaller systems integrators and training specialists.

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center placed 68 of 78 orders worth $6.9 billion, representing 99% of task-order activity. The Naval Air Systems Command, Army, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Lifecycle Management Center account for the remaining 1%. Ninety-four percent of task orders carry no set-aside designation; 6% (5 orders) are Total Small Business set-asides, including a $127.2 million KDAM ATARS courseware and instruction order and a $29.3 million Rotary Aircrew Training System logistics support contract.