KBR announced that it has won a $49 million recompete to provide system acquisition support and reliability improvements on the Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter and other select aircraft for the Cargo Helicopter Project Management Office within the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation.
The publicly-traded company was awarded the cost-plus, fixed-fee task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (IAC) multiple-award contract vehicle.
KBR will execute this contract over the next five years primarily in Huntsville.
The task order was specifically awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the Defense Technical Information Center repository, as well as the research and development and science and technology communities. KBR has supported the mission of the DoD research and development community through various predecessor DoD IAC contracts since 2005.
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According to a company release, KBR will provide research, development, testing, studies, analysis and recommendations to the Army project offices and their international partners. This work will seek to increase availability, improve reliability and reduce life cycle support costs for the service’s CH-47.
This aircraft is the service’s only heavy-lift cargo helicopter supporting combat and other critical operations.
Earlier this year, KBR reportedly won a separate award to deliver high-end technical services to PEO Aviation. The company secured a $41 million recompete to develop recommendations to enhance airborne intelligence operations for the Fixed Wing Project Office.
Under that task order, KBR works with the Army to collect intelligence as well as plan, coordinate and execute missions. KBR also helps optimize the use of special electronic mission aircraft, transport aircraft and Future Vertical Lift systems—a family of vertical lift systems that will deliver next-generation capabilities.
Both opportunities allow KBR to assist the Army in meeting current and future technology needs.
“These wins are a product of KBR’s decades of expertise in systems engineering and innovative warfighter solutions for manned and unmanned aircraft,” stated Byron Bright, KBR president for Government Solutions. “We take great pride in aiding the U.S. military with our mission-critical services.”
Including its joint ventures, KBR employs about 37,000 people worldwide across 40 different countries.
The company’s Alabama operations are housed in Huntsville and Birmingham locations.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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