TAC Industries receives $6.5M AF contract

TAC Industries Inc. of Springfield has been awarded a $6.5 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with air cargo nets, according the Department of Defense.

The contract calls for TAC to provide more than 13,000 tiedown-top nets and nearly 24,000 tiedown-side nets to the Support Equipment and Vehicle Division at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The work is expected to be completed March 11, 2013.

TAC Industries is a nonprofit organization formed to create sustainable and meaningful jobs for people with disabilities.

TAC is the primary supplier of air cargo nets to the Air Force, according to the organization’s web site. These cargo nets are used by the Air Force for load management on the 463L pallet used on C-5, C-17 and C-130 cargo aircraft.

Since 1984 TAC has performed a vital defense operational role by repairing damaged air cargo nets to like-new condition and manufacturing new nets to meet all of the demanding airlift requirements of the Air Force, officials said.

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