DynCorp wins $16.9 million maintenance contract for Kuwait Air Force's F/A-18

The United States Navy has awarded DynCorp International a $16.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract for maintenance services in support of the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 program under the Foreign Military Sales program. This modification exercises the final option year under the contract, initially awarded in 2006 by the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Md. DynCorp International (DI) provides organizational and intermediate-level aviation maintenance support for F/A-18 aircraft, as well as supply support, quality control, training, and maintenance and material documentation services for these aircraft owned by the Kuwaiti military. DI has supported the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 program since 1997.