Qinetiq North America To Provide Engineering Support To Army's Apache Helicopter Fleet

Awarded five-year, $10.9 million task order...

The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command (AMCOM) has awarded the Systems Engineering Group of QinetiQ North America a task order to provide airworthiness and qualification engineering to the Apache Helicopter Division of the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED).

The task order has a one-year base period of performance, five one-year options, and a ceiling value of nearly $11 million, if all options are exercised. A directorate under the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), AED is the Airworthiness authority for Army-developed aircraft.

QinetiQ North America will provide AED's Apache Division with specific onsite support services, ranging from reviews of airworthiness documents, such as Airworthiness Releases (AWRs) and Safety of Flight (SOF) Messages, to reviews of Apache system safety issues and risk management assessments.

The company also will provide its airworthiness and engineering subject matter expertise to support other elements of the Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) for U.S. Army Apache Aircraft. All work will be conducted at AED Headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

"We look forward to continuing our support of the Apache Helicopter platform at a critical time in our country's fight against terrorism,2 said Kurt Heine, Vice President, EXPRESS Programs, Systems Engineering Group, QinetiQ North America.

QinetiQ North America's Systems Engineering Group has been supporting AMCOM aviation and missile platforms, such as Apache, Cargo, Utility and Armed Reconnaissance helicopters, with a broad range of systems engineering, technical and programmatic services, for more than 15 years.