Air Force Awards $32.5B Training Systems Acquisition IV (TSA IV)

Air Force Training Systems Acquisition IV (TSA IV) Awarded

The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center has awarded 37 contractors (jump to full list) positions on the $32.5 billion Training Systems Acquisition IV IDIQ to provide for the analysis, design, development, production, installation, integration, testing, and sustainment of Air Force training systems. Task orders on the vehicle are expected to encompass complex aircrew, maintenance, and system-specific training systems in support of warfighter training. Work will be performed worldwide over a 10-year period of performance running through May 2033.

TSA IV Scope and Major Platforms Supported

The majority of the work issued under TSA IV is expected to be the sustainment of existing systems including contractor logistics support (CLS), training system support center (TSSC) operations, and concurrency management and software upgrades of existing training systems. TSA IV scope also includes courseware development and instruction and the development of new training systems. Major platforms supported by the prior iteration of TSA (in approximate order of largest awards) included the C-130J, C-17, KC-135, C-5, F-16, B-2, KC-10, B-1, and the F-15.

Per the November 2020 investor day the below platforms may be supported by TSA IV:

TSA IV Potential Platforms

Take-Aways from TSA III for TSA IV

While according to the Air Force's announcement, all of the applicants to the vehicle received an award, winning prime work on the vehicle may ultimately prove challenging for many awardees. Only $5.8 billion of the previous vehicle's $20.1B ceiling has been awarded across 70 task orders, and awards were highly concentrated among just a handful of the 25 awardees. The vehicle was more lucrative for a larger group of subcontractors with at least 112 subcontractors receiving disclosed awards with a potential value of nearly $3.1 billion (several of the TSA III primes that did not win prime task orders still received substantial awards as a subcontractor).

TSA III Market Share

HigherGov Analysis

TSA III will run through August 2025 with some programs approved through August 2028.

List of TSA IV Awardees

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