Small business qualifier Logistics Services International in Jacksonville, FL received a not to exceed $30.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct site surveys, training plan and curriculum development, aircrew and maintenance training, publications review/update, and other support services for the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. This work is being performed for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales Program; as DID noted in June, Pakistan has ordered 8 Orion aircraft as part of a $1.3 billion weapons package.
Designed after US Navy training standards, this training and support package will provide Pakistan aircrew and maintenance personnel with technical proficiency in their respective positions. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, FL (75%) and Karachi, Pakistan (25%), and is expected to be complete in November 2010. This contract was not competitively procured by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, FL (N61339-06-D-0001).