Defence contracts for AAI and AeroVironment

AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded an $180,900,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the sustainment services in support of the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft systems. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., Afghanistan and Australia with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0011).

AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, Calif., was awarded an $11,095,873 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the contractor logistics support in support of the Raven small unmanned aircraft system. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0066).