Back Automatic Parachute (BA-X) – Bailout

This is a pre-solicitation synopsis. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Human Systems Division, AFLCMC/ROUK, intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price contract on a sole source basis to Butler Parachute Systems, Inc (Butler) for the Back Automatic (BA-X) bailout parachute program.

The Government issued a Sources Sought Synopsis on 21 May 2024, WNUK-24-003, and received responses from three sources; all were U.S.-owned. Butler is the only company with a commercial off the shelf item with FAA Certification necessary to accomplish the BA-X bailout parachute program objectives and meet the Government's minimum requirements. The Government intends to award .... Read More