👤 Who: U.S. Air Force; Strategic Test Solutions LLC
❓ What: $1.87 billion operations and maintenance contract
📅 When: Awarded in December 2025; runs through March 2036
📍 Where: Eglin Air Force Base and Test and Training Complex, Florida
🛠️ Why: To sustain critical testing infrastructure and support Air Force modernization
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.87 billion contract to Strategic Test Solutions LLC to operate and maintain the Eglin Test and Training Complex through 2036, according to the Defense Blog and an official contract award notice released this week.
The competitively awarded contract, valued at $1,868,902,857, was issued by the Air Force Test Center and covers the Eglin Operations and Maintenance Service II program. Strategic Test Solutions LLC, based in Huntsville, Alabama, will provide operations and maintenance support for Eglin Air Force Base and its associated Major Ground Test Facilities in Florida.
Work under the contract will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base and is scheduled to continue through March 2036. According to the contract notice, three bids were received during the acquisition process. At the time of the award, $100,000 in fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance funding was obligated. The Air Force Test Center at Eglin is listed as the contracting activity under contract number FA248826CB001.
The Eglin Operations and Maintenance Service II contract supports daily operations and long-term sustainment of one of the U.S. military’s most expansive and complex test and training environments. The Eglin Test and Training Complex spans land, sea, and airspace across the Florida Panhandle and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, supporting testing for air, land, sea, and space systems.
Major Ground Test Facilities at Eglin include specialized infrastructure used to evaluate aircraft survivability, weapons effects, and system performance under controlled conditions. These facilities are critical to validating new weapons, munitions, sensors, and aircraft technologies prior to deployment to operational units.
Eglin serves as a primary hub for the Air Force Test Center’s developmental test and evaluation mission, overseeing a broad range of classified and unclassified programs. Long-term service contracts such as this ensure continuity of operations, facility readiness, and technical support across the installation’s diverse testing portfolio.
Under the terms of the award, Strategic Test Solutions will be responsible for sustaining infrastructure, supporting test operations, and maintaining the complex systems required for large-scale and technically demanding trials. The length of the contract reflects the Air Force’s continued reliance on Eglin as it modernizes weapons systems and force capabilities.
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