Air Force awards $27 million contract to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft

The Air Force has awarded a $27 million contract to Beechcraft Defense Co., a unit of Textron Aviation.

According to a Defense Department news release, the foreign military sales contract calls for a King Air 350 ER equipped for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, to be used by Iraq.

The contract also calls for a ground station and a spare ground station.

The release said work on the contract will be performed in Wichita and San Diego, with completion by March 23, 2017.

This story was originally published March 25, 2015 at 10:49 AM with the headline "Air Force awards $27 million contract to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft."