ATAC to deliver up to $441M in Contracted Air Services to US Navy, Marines

ATAC Mirage F1 flies in formation with US Marine Corps F-35 during a sortie over Ft. Worth, TX.

November 9, 2020 - Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), part of the Textron Systems segment of Textron Inc, announced today that it has been selected to continue to provide the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps with fleet fighter jet training support services under the Fighter Jet Services (FJS) program. 

ATAC will provide up to 8,500 flight hours per year of fleet support air training services for approximately 5 years under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract worth up to $441 million. The training will be provided by ATAC’s fleet of Mirage F1, F-21 Kfir, and Mk-58 Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft and is expected to commence in the spring of 2021. 

“ATAC is proud to continue providing tactical flight training support services to the U.S. Navy and its allies and partners, further cementing the company as the leader in the contracted air services industry. We look forward to adding additional years to our two decades of established Navy and Marine Corps support of fleet exercises, ship services, fleet replacement squadron syllabi, fleet squadron adversary requirements, Joint Terminal Attack Controller training and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation flights,” said Scott Stacy, ATAC General Manager. “With additional ATAC aircraft and pilots coming online, we are well positioned to continue to expand our flight operations.” 

In addition to the Navy Fighter Jet Services program, an ATAC-led team trains Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) under the U.S. Navy’s Terminal Attack Controller Trainer (TACT) program. ATAC has also recently won significant contracts to provide adversary air training for three U.S. Air Force bases and JTAC training services to U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command under the U.S. Air Force Combat Air Forces Contracted Air Support (CAF CAS) program.

Source, Image: ATAC