L3 awarded $8M FMS contract

L3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded an $8,479,381, for modification P00001 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price cost contract (N00019-17-C-0080), to exercise an option to provide logistics and supply support as well as organizational and authorized intermediate level aircraft maintenance on three KC-130J aircraft in support of the government of Kuwait. Work will be performed at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait, and is expected to be completed in August 2019. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds in the amount of $8,479,381 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command of Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 07/17/18)