Coolidge to benefit from parachute deal
By Fatima Hussein | Dayton Beach News Journal
West Volusia manufacturer of parachutes has landed a $21.7 million training contract from the U.S. Marines.
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.
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 Coolidge, 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.
