Medics rush in as Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations at the fence continue on May 14, 2018, in Gaza City, Gaza. Israeli soldiers killed at least 41 Palestinians and wounded over a thousand as the demonstrations coincided with the controversial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrive to the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration officially transferred the ambassador's offices to the consulate building and temporarily use it as the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images,)A wounded Palestinian man is rushed to an ambulance at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continue on May 14, 2018, in Gaza City, Gaza. This marks the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since 2014. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Palestinians burn tires as they clash with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel, east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018, following the the controversial move to Jerusalem of the U.S. embassy. (Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)Tear gas is fired at protesters during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel, east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. (Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)Operations Specialist 3rd Class Neil Wierboski, assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 3, prepares a UAV for launch aboard a Mark VI patrol boat during unit-level training conducted by Coastal Riverine Group 1's Training and Evaluation Unit. (BMC Nelson Doromal Jr./U.S. Navy)French Rafale pilot Vincent Isorce, left, and U.S. Navy pilot Patrick Baker chat prior to a media session inside the hangar deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush on May 12, 2018, in the Atlantic Ocean. (Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)A Turkish Army helicopter in action after an amphibious landing during EFES 2018 drills in Seferihisar in Aegean Sea near Izmir, Turkey, on May 10, 2018. (Emre Tazegul/AP)A Rafale Marine attached to squadron 17F of the French Navy lands during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, which is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French Navy. (MC3 Brooke Macchietto/U.S. Navy)An Iraqi soldier protects a polling station in the Wadi Hajar district of Mosul on May 11, 2018, as Iraq prepares for the parliamentary elections, held on May 12. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)The patch of the Chesapeake 2018 joint exercise of the French and the U.S. Navy is seen on the chest of a French pilot on May 12, 2018, in the Atlantic Ocean. (Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducts advanced marksmanship drills during a training event at Panzer Kaserne, Germany, on March 18, 2018. This was part of a monthlong training event to evaluate team skills and readiness. (Staff Sgt. Matt Britton/U.S. Army)Turkish Army tanks advance after an amphibious landing during EFES 2018 drills in Seferihisar in Aegean Sea near Izmir, Turkey, on May 10, 2018. (Emre Tazegul/AP)
The contracts will detail the level of commercial capability the service needs in peacetime and provide a means to access more capacity during conflict.