Peerless will provide managerial and professional services, engineering and technical advice and analysis and evaluations on the fighter jet program, he said. The contractor will work at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is home to the F-22 program office. Future work may include Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
“It’s work that we’re well experienced in,” Harendza said.
Peerless, which has about 230 employees, received the award as one of the firms selected through the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services, or OASIS program. The Air Force uses the General Services Administration contract bidding procedure to buy professional services through companies competitively chosen to participate.
The F-22 contract had at least one other bidder, according to the Department of Defense.
The new deal will subsume earlier contracts the company had with the Air Force on the F-22 program, Harendza said.
“It provides very good stability for the company without having to re-compete it on a shorter basis,” he said.
The Air Force has 183 F-22 Raptors, a stealthy jet capable of advanced maneuverability with vectored thrust and cruising beyond the speed of sound without an afterburner.
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