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Pentagon Contract Announcement

  • (Source: US Department of Defense)
  • 12:00 AM, October 31, 2008
  • 521
General Atomics of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a cost plus fee term contract for $177,082,588. This contract includes all programs management, urgent repairs and services, logistics support, configuration management, technical manual and software maintenance, engineering technical services, contractor engineering technical services, contractor engineering technical specialists (formerly field support representatives), contractor inventory control point (formerly depot supply support) and spares management, depot repair, flight operations support, reliability/maintenance enhancements, CAMs/REMIS/CEMS data collection/entry and numbered Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM) for the Predator/Reaper MQ-1 and MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) programs.>> At this time $163,082,588 has been obligated.>> Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028 003502).>> -ends->
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