DOVER, Del. (AP) - An approximately $41 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a new aircraft maintenance hangar at Dover Air Force Base, according to Delaware’s congressional delegation.
The project will enable the base to perform maintenance in any weather on its C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, U.S. Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester said in a statement Friday.
The contract was awarded to Archer Western Federal JV.
“For too long now, our world-class Dover Air Force base has not had a hangar large enough to fully enclose its aircraft so maintenance can be performed any day of the year, regardless of weather,” Carper said in the statement, which said the hangar will increase maintenance efficiency rates.
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