The contract states as I was told is this is what we won't and this is what we will pay. How you do it is up to you.
No don't work for AR btw. Completely independent of anyone. All I've done is up dating what I'm told. And yes a jet is more than capable of performing the operations required. Lots of other country's use them.
What's got to be considered is that the funds available andante a short time loose for someone may end up as a long time gain. Then the politics involved with people that don't won't certain players involved ( Seen that with other government contracts ).
See what happens