AAR and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Sign Supply Chain Alliance, Formalizing Commitment to Strengthening Joint Support of the Warfighter

Sept. 20, 2024
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Frank Landrio, AAR’s Senior Vice President of Distribution, and Captain Dale Haney, Defense Logistics Agency Director of Maritime Operations, meet in Wood Dale, Illinois, for a signing ceremony.
Frank Landrio, AAR’s Senior Vice President of Distribution, and Captain Dale Haney, Defense Logistics Agency Director of Maritime Operations, meet in Wood Dale, Illinois, for a signing ceremony.

AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, and the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime signed a Supply Chain Alliance charter, formalizing a commitment to strengthening joint support of the nation’s warfighter.

The charter advances a longstanding partnership between the entities and demonstrates a shared interest in enhancing responsiveness to the warfighter, customer wait time, and administrative lead time. The official partnership provides AAR a dedicated resource within the DLA to expedite contract award and execution processes. This enhances AAR’s position to effectively support OEM customers through increased efficiencies, including a streamlined contracting experience, reduction in labor hours, expedited delivery of products, and an opportunity to aggregate process improvement measures.

“This DLA alliance recognizes AAR’s commitment to provide value-added services and continue growing our strategic partnership,” said Frank Landrio, AAR’s Senior Vice President of Distribution. “We are proud to be recognized as a top provider of supply chain management solutions and continue executing on our joint strategies to provide the best product and service possible to the warfighter.”

For more information on AAR’s Distribution division, visit https://www.aarcorp.com/en/products/distribution/.