PKL Services, Inc. awarded 2 year $95 million contract with Royal Saudi Air Force
January 15, 2013
PKL Services, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force (USAF), in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), beginning January 2013. PKL will provide services to train personnel in aircraft maintenance and logistics specialties for RSAF F-15 C/D/S model aircraft. Services will be provided in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at RSAF base facilities: King Khalid Air Base, Khamis Mushayt Air Base, and King Abdul Aziz Air Base.
Services provided by the contract include providing training to produce qualified technicians in assigned specialties and providing Upgrade Training for technicians. Areas of training and specialties include Avionics, Tactical Aircraft Maintenance, Propulsion, Electrical, Armament Systems, Aerospace Ground Equipment, Egress, Fuels, Hydraulics, and Maintenance Management. PKL will provide instructors and training to include academic and classroom style teaching as well as hands-on Upgrade Training to provide the students with the necessary skills to independently operate aircraft systems, subsystems, and related support equipment. For this contract, PKL will employ approximately 93 skilled instructors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
President and CEO, Samuel Flores, Jr. announced the award, saying “Our team is very excited to partner with the Royal Saudi Air Force. We are honored to have been awarded this contract and we are proud to bring our aerospace experience to the students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”