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Engagement

How We Engage.

Alpha Federal engages through five routes: a fee-credited capability assessment, contractor-owned operations, government-owned with contractor support, full capability transfer, and teaming on a joint pursuit. Each is priced all-inclusive and structured to your acquisition authority.

An operations console position with multiple displays

Four ways in

Every program starts
the same way.

With a question about your mission, not a quotation for ours. What changes after that is the contracting route, the ownership model and who is flying the aircraft at the end of it.

Start here

Start with an assessment.

A capability assessment is Alpha Federal's paid first step: a structured examination of the requirement, the existing force structure and the procurement authority available, producing a program design you can take to your own approvals process. The fee is credited against follow-on work.

How the capability assessment works →

Engagement models

01

Capability Assessment

Paid first step. Fee credited against follow-on work.

Detail →

02

COCO, GOCO & Capability Transfer

Who owns the aircraft, who flies it, and how ownership moves over time.

Detail →

03

Other Transaction Authority

Non-FAR pathways built to move at the speed of the mission.

Detail →

04

FMS vs DCS

Which route fits your ministry, and what each costs you in time.

Detail →

05

Teaming & Subcontracting

What we bring to a prime's team, and how we paper it.

Detail →

Contract pathways

Four routes to a signed program.

Route 01
OTA
Other Transaction Authority. Pilot contracts, DIU programs, consortium task orders.
Route 02
FMS
Foreign Military Sale. Government to government, slower, politically insulated.
Route 03
DCS
Direct Commercial Sale. Ministry contracts us directly, faster, ITAR still applies.
Route 04
Teaming
Joint pursuit, IDIQ task order or consortium — either side leading.

Pricing

All-inclusive. One number. Full accountability.

Aircraft, crews, maintenance, systems, ground infrastructure and data support. No surprises post-award.

What drives the number
Flight hours and sortie length first, then sensor class, then how much of the ground segment and sustainment you already have. Crewing model and whether the aircraft is ours or yours move it more than almost anything else on the list.
Assessment fee model
Fixed fee for a defined scope, quoted before the work starts, and credited in full against the program that follows. You own the written output either way.
Typical program duration
Assessments run two to four weeks. Operating programs are normally multi-year, because standing up a capability and handing it over cannot be done inside one budget cycle. The handover milestone is written into the program from the start.
How it is priced
All-inclusive against a defined scope rather than a day rate with extras. Milestone-linked where the customer prefers payment to follow demonstrated capability — aircraft accepted, crews qualified, first sortie flown.
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