Sat, Mar 29, 2008
Multi-Year Deal Includes 26 CV-22s, 141 MV-22 Marine
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The Bell Boeing Program Office
announced Friday the US Department of Defense awarded a $10.4
billion, five year Multi-Year Procurement (MYP) contract to deliver
167 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Bell Boeing is a strategic
alliance between Bell Helicopter and The Boeing Company.
The five-year contract includes 26 CV-22 aircraft for the Air
Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and 141 MV-22 aircraft for
the US Marine Corps. The contract includes an option for additional
aircraft.
As ANN reported, the Bell
Boeing Program Office recently celebrated the production of the
100th V-22.
“The Multi-Year Procurement sets a strong positive course
for the V-22 Osprey program,” said Gene Cunningham, vice
president of the Bell Boeing Program Office in Amarillo. “The
Government and industry teams have worked very hard to reach this
agreement. The MYP contract allows the industry team to stabilize
our production plans, creates savings for the taxpayer, and
increases the number of aircraft being produced for the
war-fighter.”
The fuselage for the V-22 is built by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
in Philadelphia. Bell builds components for the aircraft in Fort
Worth, TX and completes final assembly at its Military Aircraft
Assembly Center in Amarillo.
The V-22 is a tiltrotor aircraft with proprotors and engines
installed in nacelles at the tips of both wings. With the nacelles
in the vertical position, the V-22 can take-off, hover and land
like a helicopter. With the engine nacelles in the horizontal or
forward position, the V-22 can fly at more than 300 mph with the
long range of a fixed-wing turboprop airplane. Currently 12 Marine
Corps MV-22 aircraft are conducting combat operations from Al Asad
Air Base, Iraq.
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