Newport News, VA – September 2025. Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), part of the Textron Systems segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), has been awarded a new contract by the U.S. Navy to continue delivering training support services to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under the Fleet Fighter Jet Services (FJS) programme.
The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) agreement allows ATAC to provide approximately 6,500–7,000 flight hours annually over five years, from 2025 to 2030. The contract carries a ceiling of $554.5 million. ATAC will utilise its proven fleet of Mirage F1, F-21 Kfir, and Mk.58 Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft, flown by a team of highly decorated U.S. military veterans and experienced civilian aviators.
For more than 20 years, the Navy FJS contract has been at the heart of ATAC’s operations, providing high subsonic and supersonic aircraft for advanced airborne threat simulations. In 2024 alone, the company recorded a landmark year with 82 deployments to 16 locations, 3,189 man-days deployed, record Hunter sorties and hours, and the highest-ever supersonic hours achieved by its Kfir and F1 aircraft.
Rich Zins, Vice President of Business Operations at ATAC, said:
“We are honoured to once again be selected for another five-year contract in support of Navy and Marine Corps FJS, extending our current tenure in this contract beyond two decades. We would like to thank our customers for their confidence in us, our subcontractors and suppliers for their unwavering support, and our employees, whose hard work, dedication and focus on customer satisfaction are responsible for the past performance that has led to this contract award. We look forward to five more years of providing flexible airpower to meet the fleet’s demanding needs.”
About ATAC
Founded nearly 30 years ago, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), LLC is a global leader in tactical airborne training. Operating a fleet of more than 100 aircraft with over 110,000 flight hours accumulated, ATAC has pioneered many of the standards now seen across the contracted air services sector. The company provides advanced air support capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense worldwide, including the Continental United States, Hawaii, and the Western Pacific. Crews from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force regularly train with ATAC, which operates from as many as 25 bases annually.
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