Netherlands awards maintenance training contract for future military VIP aircraft
The RNLAF is acquiring a new Gulfstream G650 for military VIP transport. (Photo: Gulfstream)
The Netherlands MoD has selected FlightSafety International to provide Gulfstream G650 maintenance training for Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) ground crew personnel.
The two-year contract (with two option years) is worth €918,000 ($997,000).
FlightSafety International won the tender ahead of two other bidders.
A single G650 is being procured in Q4 2022 to replace a Gulfstream IV military VIP aircraft in the RNLAF fleet.
‘In order to be able to maintain her to be acquired Gulfstream G650 airplane, the RNLAF has a requirement for technical (type) training courses for her maintenance crew,’ the MoD stated in a notice on the official EU contracts database.
‘Besides type training also some general technical training on the G650 is required,’ it added.
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