Italian Air Force MQ-9 Program: General Atomics Awarded $16.9M Contract Modification
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a face value $16,928,439 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-priced contract modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA8689-23-C-2013, to exercise of an option for continued sustainment for the Italian Air Force MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System Program fleet currently being serviced under the basic contract that provides logistics support activities including core, depot repair, engineering services, field team support, country standard technical order revision services, insurance, contractor managed storage, transportation, data, spares, and software maintenance services for the Italian Air Force MQ-9 Blocks 1 and 5 aircraft. Work will be performed in Poway, California; Italy; and Kuwait, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2025. This contract involves 100% foreign military sales to Italy. Foreign Military Sales in the amount of $16,928,439 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.