Aircraft, Rotary Wing

Code 1520
Child
Spend Category Level 1
Aircraft, Ships/Submarines & Land Vehicles
Spend Category Level 2
Aircraft
Popular Federal Contract Opportunities
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PSC Category 1520 covers rotary wing aircraft, encompassing a broad range of products, services, and support activities related to helicopter platforms. These include procurement, maintenance, modification, engineering support, software integration, logistics, and sustainment efforts for various military helicopter models such as the UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, V-22 Osprey, and Presidential helicopter variants. The category supports both domestic military requirements and foreign military sales programs across multiple branches of the U.S. armed forces.

The federal contract awards under this category primarily involve delivery orders and task agreements with values ranging from approximately $50,000 to $455 million, typically spanning 1-5 years. Frequent prime contractors include Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bell Textron, Lockheed Martin, Defense Systems And Solutions, and Arista Aviation Services. Most awards are issued by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Army Program Executive Office for Aviation, and the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement. The awards are predominantly not set aside, allowing large businesses to compete, and commonly involve cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm-fixed-price contract types with performance locations primarily in Connecticut, Alabama, and Virginia.

Recent federal contract opportunities focus on software support, flight test activities, engineering investigations, and sustainment efforts for specific helicopter platforms. Key opportunities include procurement of V-22 Osprey drive system components, CH-53K software configuration changes, H-53 engine support, and advanced development team initiatives. The opportunities are predominantly issued by NAVAIR and seek capabilities in areas such as systems engineering, logistics support, technical analysis, and configuration management. Most opportunities are not set aside for small businesses and target original equipment manufacturers or companies with deep technical expertise in specific rotary wing aircraft systems.

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