Navy awards DynCorp with $40M contract for aircraft support

An EA-18G Growler with Electronic Attack Squadron 141 lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017. Photo by Cpl. Donato Maffin/U.S. Marine Corps. A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet performs refueling operations with a KC-10 Extender while conducting patrols and possible air strikes in Iraqi and Syrian airspace in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Dec. 01, 2017. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Andrew Nye, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, signals to the pilots of a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter after their return to Guam from a training exercise in Saipan, November 27, 2017. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin A. Lewis/U.S. Navy F-16A/B Fighting Falcon. Photo courtesy of Department of Defense. Lt. Joshua Napoli directs an E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the "Greyhawks" of Carrier Airborne Warning Squadron 120, on the flight deck aboard USS Harry S. Truman. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rebekah A. Watkins/U.S. Navy

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- DynCorp International has been awarded a contract for maintenance and logistics services on multiple Navy-owned aircraft assigned to the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center.

The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $40.4 million under the terms indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which is a modification on a previous award contract.

The contract provides an option to the Navy for "organizational, selected intermediate, and limited depot level maintenance and logistics services" for the F/A-18 Super Hornet the EA-18G Growler MH-60S Seahawk, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon and E-2C Hawkeye.

The aircraft capabilities range from traditional fighter jets and electronic warfare aircraft to helicopter operations and early-warning weather abilities.

The aircraft are all assigned to the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center in Fallon, Nev. Work on the contract will occur at the Naval Air Station, and is expected to be completed in January 2019.

More than $10.9 million will be obligated to DynCorp International at the time of award contract, which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, the Pentagon said.