The U.S. Navy exercised a one-year contract renewal option with AAR Airlift Group (Stand 1416) to perform vertical replenishment services for the 5th and 7th Fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean. The contract option, valued at $6.7 million, is part of a 2014 contract awarded to AAR, worth $34 million, inclusive of all options.

AAR’s contract with the Navy’s Military Sealift Command includes the use of two helicopters, personnel and operational and technical support services. Based in Wood Dale, Illinois, AAR operates a total of six helicopters for the Navy’s commercial vertical replenishment program. The company’s rotary-wing fleet consists of Sikorsky S-61 and S-92 helicopters and the Airbus Helicopters 330J Puma.

AAR has performed commercial vertical replenishment services, including ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship replenishment, as well as search-and-rescue and humanitarian aid support for the Military Sealift Command since 2007.