New US Navy/USMC contract for ATAC
On 9 November 2020, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) has been awarded a new contract to provide the US Navy and US Marine Corps with fleet fighter jet training support services under the Fighter Jet Services (FJS) programme.
The contract is valued at USD 441 million and prescribes that Airborne Tactical Advantage Company will provide up to 8,500 flight hours per year of fleet support air training services over approximately 5 years. The air training services are scheduled to start in next year's second quarter (Q2-2021).
The training will be provided by ATAC’s impressive fleet of Mirage F1, F-21 Kfir, and Hawker Hunter Mk58 fighter aircraft.
According to our Scramble Magazine database, ATAC currently holds four Aero L-39ZAs, 24 Hunter F58/F58A/T68, seven Kfir C2, and 63 (former Armée de l’Air / French Air Force) Mirage F1CR/F1CT/F1B of which 23 will be used for spares.
ATAC, part of the Textron Systems segment of Textron Inc, is not exactly new in the field. The company has two decades of experience in US Navy and US Marine Corps support of fleet exercises, ship services, fleet replacement squadron syllabi, fleet squadron adversary requirements, Joint Terminal Attack Controller training and Research, Development, and Test and Evaluation flights.
Photos: ATAC and Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez