Tue, Mar 10, 2009
$173 Million Deal To Perform "Reset" Work On Cobras, Other
Helos
Bell Aerospace Services Inc. announced Monday the Bell
Helicopter subsidiary has begun work on a multi-year contract with
a projected total value of $173 million, as a subcontract member of
a team led by PKL Services Inc of Poway, CA. The team is currently
providing selected organizational-level maintenance (or "Reset")
for Lot 3 and Lot 4 US Marine Corps rotary wing aircraft.
"We are very proud that US Marine Corps has selected the team
led by PKL Services for this crucial task of aircraft reset and
field maintenance support," said Randy Pilling, BellAero Support
Services general manager. "This award further validates the
confidence that the U.S. Marine Corps and PKL Services have in the
value that BellAero offers."
The primary goal of the USMC Reset Project contract is to
optimize the material condition of US Marine Corps aircraft
participating in the Global War On Terror. The Reset Project
employs a program of conditional inspections and phased maintenance
which includes inspection, cleaning, corrosion treatment,
servicing, disassembly, reassembly, repair and select mandatory
replacement of parts.
A secondary goal of the Reset Project is to allow civilian
contractors to reduce the maintenance burden on active-duty Marine
maintainers by performing scheduled and unscheduled organizational
level maintenance. The PKL Services, JK Hill and BellAero team will
perform this work on both Lot 3 aircraft (AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E)
and Lot 4 aircraft (CH-46E) at multiple locations worldwide.
"This is also the first contracted opportunity for BellAero to
prove our capability to support Boeing and Sikorsky platforms and
we are eager to show how well we can perform," Pilling added. "It
is indeed an honor and privilege to play a vital role in supporting
the USMC as part of the PKL Services Team."
Bell Aerospace Services provides competitive turnkey aviation
maintenance and support services to the US Marine Corps, US Air
Force, US Navy, US Army and US Special Operations Command on
multiple rotary wing and tiltrotor platforms throughout the
world.
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