Amentum logo. Company contract award to maintain US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones

Amentum Books $995M Air Force Contract for MQ-9 Reaper Drone Maintenance

Amentum Services will provide organizational-level maintenance support for the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft systems, or RPAs, under a $995 million U.S. Air Force contract. 

The Chantilly, Virginia-based company secured the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract award in a competitive solicitation that received three offers, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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The maintenance services Amentum will provide also include sustainment of the RPAs’ combat and training capability. The company will perform work at USAF bases in Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Missouri, Michigan, Tennessee, Arkansas and Pennsylvania, as well as overseas locations, with expected completion by Sept. 29, 2030. 

A $42,218 funding from the Air Force’s fiscal year 2025 operations and maintenance budget is being obligated at the time of the award. The acquisition’s contracting activity is Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Hampton, Virginia. 

The MQ-9 Reaper is produced by General Atomics, which secured in September 2020 a potential five-year, $7.4 billion contract to deliver up to 36 units of the RPAs per year. In August, the company and Pennsylvania-based Tobyhanna Army Depot unveiled a maintenance, repair and overhaul capability for the drones as part of a public-private partnership.

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