Bell-Boeing to continue V-22 support
The US Department of Defense has issued a contract modification to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office for the V-22 programme.
Under the maximum $218.7 million modification, Bell-Boeing will continue providing performance based logistics and engineering support for the V-22 platform.
The work will be carried out for V-22 users including the US Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Japan.
The modification exercises the first one-year option period of Bell-Boeing’s one-year base contract.
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