AAR Awarded Up to $134M Contract for Airlift Services to Support NATO Allies

AAR

announces the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Joint Theatre Support Contracting Command has awarded its Airlift division a contract to provide fixed- and rotary-wing support for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) under the NATO Training Mission — Afghanistan (NTM-A) and Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A). The contract is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a total ceiling value of approximately $134 million. AAR Airlift will support the NTM-A and CSTC-A with light fixed-wing, medium fixed-wing, and medium rotary-wing aircraft, personnel, and logistics support. The NATO Training Mission — Afghanistan, in coordination with NATO nations and partners, supports the government of Afghanistan in generating and sustaining the ANSF to provide accountable, Afghan-led security.  Under the agreement, AAR will perform passenger and cargo transport services from 21 locations in Afghanistan.  The Company has been performing in-theatre support to the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan since 2004, and is the DOD's largest commercial provider of lift services in-country. "AAR is proud to continue supporting our national interests in Afghanistan under this new agreement," said Randy J. Martinez, President and CEO, AAR Airlift Group.