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A new A10 contract for Charleroi

Sep 2009

In-Theater (Europe) Depot Maintenance Effort on A-10 Warfighter.

SABCA (Belgium) to extend co-operation with USAF for another five years.

As a conclusion of a full competitive Request For Proposal, the US Government, Ogden Air Logistic Center (OO-ALC, 538 ACSG), has awarded SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques) with a new five-years Requirement-type contract for In-Theater Depot Support of the USAFE A-10 fleet, covering Fiscal Years 2010 to 2014.

A long-time partner of the USAF, SABCA started its common history with the A-10 almost ten years ago, as a sub-contractor of Lockheed Martin Integration Systems (LMSI, Owego USA), with the Embedded GPS Integration (EGI) that SABCA performed on the European-based A-10 fleet.

In 2001, as a conclusion of another competitive Request For Proposal, the US Government awarded SABCA a first five-years ID-IQ contract for depot support of the USAFE A-10 fleet. In April 2007 a new ID-IQ contract extended this favorable co-operation with the USAF for another three years.

The new contract awarded last week in conclusion of a one-year long re-competition procedure will allow SABCA to go one step further into its involvement and commitment to the A-10.This workload will come in addition to the other programs currently performed by SABCA for the. Belgian Defence, USAF and several other foreign customers.

Since Feb 2000, under the first two contracts, a large number of A-10 have already rolled out of the Charleroi flightline after having been inspected, repaired, re-painted or upgraded.

SABCA is a leading Belgian Aerospace company since 89 years, employing 1000 highly trained persons. SABCA is active in civil aircraft design and manufacture (Airbus, Dassault), military aircraft overhaul and upgrades (F16, F5, Mirage, helicopters, etc…) as well as in space programs (Ariane and Vega). These activities cover structural work as well as Thrust Vectoring Control systems and systems integration. SABCA has plants in Brussels and Charleroi, and a fully owned subsidiary SABCA LIMBURG specialized in aerospace composites.

For more information, write to:
Marketing & Sales Director SABCA
Fax +32 2 729 5896 or sales@sabca.be