Army Chooses DynCorp International to Provide Avionics Upgrades.

IRVING, Texas -- The United States Army has awarded DynCorp International LLC a contract modification valued at $55,019,397 to upgrade a total of 29 C-12R aircraft. Under this modification, the company will provide avionics upgrades designed to meet Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) mandates.

This modification, titled GATM VI, was awarded under the Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) contract issued by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Under the LCCS program, DynCorp International currently provides C-12 and UC-35 maintenance services for the United States Army at 70 locations in the United States, Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East. DynCorp International has held the ten-year Army LCCS contract since August 2000.

DynCorp International is a leading professional services and project-management firm serving governments, corporations, and international organizations worldwide. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, it has more than 14,000 employees in some 35 countries. It has its origins in 1946 with the founding of Land-Air, Inc., which was subsequently known as Dynalectron Corporation and later as DynCorp. It had revenues of nearly $2 billion in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005.