The contract, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense, calls for DeLand-based Complete Parachute Solutions to provide the Marines with training and technical support on free-fall and parachuting techniques.
It’s the biggest contract the company has ever received, but not its first from the U.S. military.
The website USAspending.gov, which tracks federal government contracts, shows that the latest order is the largest Complete Parachute Solutions has received out of the more than $104 million in contracts it has been awarded from the federal government since 2002, the year the company was founded.
The contract was awarded May 19, said Maureen Schumann, a spokeswoman for the Department of Defense.
Complete Parachute Solutions began providing its multi-mission parachutes as well as training to Marine Corps personnel in 2009, said Rich D’Antonio, the company’s president.
“This contract provides a continuity to what we’ve been doing,” D’Antonio said.
The latest contract calls for instructors at Complete Parachute Solutions’ Arizona location to train 400 to 500 Marines each year until 2018 on how to safely pack and use multi-mission parachutes, D’Antonio said.
D’Antonio said the contract is not expected to result in increased hiring for the company, which employs 35 workers: 15 at its headquarters at 1320 E. International Speedway Blvd. in DeLand and 20 at its other location in Coolidge, Arizona.
Complete Parachute Solutions describes itself on its website as a consortium of three companies: Performance Designs and United Parachute Technologies, both based in DeLand, and Sun Path Products, based in Raeford, North Carolina.
John Eiff, manager of the DeLand Municipal Airport, where Complete Parachute Solutions is based, said the company is one of more than 40 businesses at the city-owned airport, several of which are parachute-related.
“This sounds like a good deal for Coolidge, Arizona and DeLand,” Eiff said.
Businesses at the airport employ a combined total of roughly 600 workers, according to Eiff.
Steve Burley, the city’s economic development manager, said of Complete Parachute Solutions’ latest contract underscores DeLand’s prominence as a significant hub for the parachute industry.
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