HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dynetics and Aerospace Integration Corporation (AIC) announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive teaming agreement to pursue the upcoming Army Aircraft and Airframe Structural Components contract for the operation of PEO Aviation's Logistics Support Facility Management Activity (LSFMA) in Huntsville, Alabama.
As the contracting agency for the LSFMA effort, the Army Sustainment Command, based in Rock Island, Illinois, plans to award a single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract later this year. The IDIQ vehicle will be used to provide various engineering, production, modification and hangar facility support to the LSFMA customer. The potential value of the contract is $350 million over 5 years.
Tom Baumbach, President of Dynetics said, "This team will bring unmatched facilities, the very best engineering, integration, and maintenance personnel and processes to the revamping of the Army's helicopter fleet. Together, Dynetics and AIC will bring resources which are not available elsewhere to Army program managers."
George Gonzalez, Founder and CEO of AIC said, "We are extremely pleased to join Dynetics as a teammate for the LSFMA pursuit." Gonzalez continued, "This is a very important contract serving a critical customer. We believe the arrangement with Dynetics is the perfect solution to rapidly and effectively meet he Army's challenge of integrating new technologies into their rotary-wing fleet to better serve the evolving needs of the warfighters."
The Dynetics and AIC team provides the dynamic expertise, experience and resources necessary to effectively meet the LSFMA's vision for concept-to-combat systems integration, dedicated infrastructure, open systems management, responsive processes and a broad range of engineering capabilities.
Dynetics boasts a 32-year history of providing engineering expertise and resources to the upgrade of U.S. Army aviation and weapons systems and has recently made significant investments in its Huntsville facilities to support the rapid design, prototyping and implementation of much-needed system improvements based on warfighter needs.
AIC brings more than a decade of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft systems integration expertise and state-of-the-art aircraft hangar facilities located near Huntsville, including a new 100,000-square-foot aircraft assembly, modification and upgrade center scheduled to be completed in early 2008.
About Dynetics
Founded in 1974, Dynetics is an industry leader in providing aviation and missile engineering, analysis, modeling and simulation, test and evaluation and product development support for the U.S. Army PEO Aviation and Aviation Missile Command. The company also provides extensive expertise in intelligence data analysis for tactical weapon systems and ballistic missile defense, radar design and performance evaluation and signal processing. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Dynetics is an employee-owned company. For more information, visit http://www.dynetics.com/.
About AIC
AIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTC Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: MTCT) in Dayton, Ohio, specializes in technology insertion and systems integration on fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft for customers throughout the Department of Defense and the aerospace industry. AIC is headquartered in Mary Esther, Florida and maintains aircraft modification facilities at the Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Florida and the Albertville Regional Airport in Albertville, Alabama. For more information, visit http://www.aicworld.com/.
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