AAR begins work on 15-year US$909m landing gear contract for USAF

AAR has received the notice to proceed on the US$909,394,297 fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Landing Gear Performance-Based Logistics One program. AAR will provide total supply chain management including purchasing, remanufacturing, distribution and inventory control to support all Air Force depot and field-level, foreign military sales, other services, and contractor requisitions received for all C-130, KC-135 and E-3 landing gear parts. Repair work will be done at AAR’s landing gear services facility in Miami and inventory supply and management will be handled via AAR offices and warehouses in Wood Dale, Illinois, and Ogden, Utah.