$30M research contract will support manned, unmanned aircraft

An airman from the 113th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon for flight, April 3, 2012, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The 113th Wing provides air sovereignty forces to defend the nation’s capital, and also provides fighter, airlift and support forces capable of local, national and global employment.

American Systems Corp. has been awarded a $30.3 million contract for aircraft research.

Under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, American Systems will provide “specialized engineering and technical services in support of the development and operation of state-of-the-art air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, collision avoidance systems algorithm design, engineering analysis, and system acquisition in support of current and future piloted and desktop engineering simulation capabilities, aircraft trainer devices, and Department of Defense manned aircraft and unmanned air vehicles,” according to the DoD contract.

Work is scheduled to be completed by May 2022. The contract was awarded by Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland.