Textron Aviation awarded $55.2 million defense contract

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information about the contract.

Textron Aviation’s Cessna Aircraft has been awarded a $55.2 million contract from the Air Force.

The award is for a service contract to support an existing fleet of 18 C-208B Caravan aircraft and one air crew training device for the Afghanistan Trainer Program, according to information from the Defense Department.

The work will be performed at Kabul Air Base and Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2017, the Defense Department listing said.

The single-engine turboprop is manufactured in Wichita.

This story was originally published January 22, 2016 at 1:29 PM with the headline "Textron Aviation awarded $55.2 million defense contract."