Supporting the Tiltrotor Fleet: $24M Award to Bell Boeing for V-22 Propulsion Enhancements

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $24,029,656 modification (P00001) to a firm-fixed-price order (N0001924F5029) against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0002). This modification exercises options to procure 124 propulsion rotor hub spring and drive link retrofit kits (120 kits for the Marine Corps, and four for the government of Japan) in support of improvement efforts for the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas, and is expected to be completed in December 2028. Fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $17,440,880; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,813,626; and Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $775,150, will be obligated at the time of award, $5,813,627 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.