North Korean Army soldiers stand beneath the entrance to a pavilion before the Military Demarcation Line at the truce village of Panmunjom on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone on June 11, 2018. (Ed Jones /AFP via Getty Images)A Rafale fighter jet of the French Navy performs during the International seaplane show in Biscarrosse, southwestern France, on June 9, 2018. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)Military tanks run from smoke during the annual Han Kuang exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan, on June 7, 2018. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)Two Wiesel armored fighting vehicles of the German armed forces maneuver through a forest during Thunder Storm 2018, a multinational NATO military exercise, on June 7, 2018, near Pabrade, Lithuania. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)French President Emmanuel Macron awards officers during the "prise d'armes" military ceremony on June 11, 2018, at the Invalides in Paris. (ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)At the Trooping The Colour ceremony on June 9, 2018, in London, England, marks the official birthday of the sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Palestinian protesters throw stones during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on June 8, 2018. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images)NATO soldiers of Lithuania take part in the military exercise Saber Strike 2018 at the Training Range in Pabrade, north of Vilnius, Lithuania, on June 11, 2018. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)An Israeli Army drone throws tear gas grenades on Palestinian protesters on June 8, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)Israeli soldiers take position along the border with the Gaza strip as they confront Palestinian protesters on June 8, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)Team Air Force veteran Sr. Airman Brett Campfield competes in the visually impaired category for archery during the 2018 DoD Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 7, 2018. (EJ Hersom/U.S. Defense Department)Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, reach the ground after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft during a Saber Strike 2018 military drill in Lithuania on June 8, 2018. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter releases flares during the Han Kuang drill in Taichung, central Taiwan, on June 7, 2018. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)A KZO reconnaissance drone of the German armed forces launches with the help of a booster rocket during the Thunder Storm 2018 multinational NATO military exercises on June 7, 2018, near Pabrade, Lithuania. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2018. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)The Philippine Navy band plays a marching song to welcome the Russian Navy anti-submarine ship Admiral Vinogradov as it docks for a five-day goodwill visit along with another ship, Admiral Tributs, and the sea tanker Pechenga on June 9, 2018. (Bullit Marquez/AP)German soldiers with the 3rd Panzer Battalion compete in the Tanker Olympics task during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge on June 8, 2018. (Gertrud Zach/U.S. Army)
The contracts will detail the level of commercial capability the service needs in peacetime and provide a means to access more capacity during conflict.