Engineering Firm Gets Contract for Repair Support US F-18 Fighter Jets

A California company, Analysis Modeling and Programming Sciences, has won a $35.7 million US Navy contract to provide engineering-support services tied to repairs of F/A-18 aircraft, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The contract work will include structural-stress analysis, structural design, solid modeling, and advanced composite design and analysis, the release said.

"Analysis Modeling and Programming Sciences…is being awarded a $35,708,232 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform engineering stress analysis and design modification on aircraft repairs in support of the F/A-18 weapon system platform," the release on Thursday stated.

Work is to be performed at the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center in California and is expected to be completed in October 2021.