CPI Aero wins $3.95M more work for AH-1Z
Source: CPI Aero, 15-May-13
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) (nyse mkt:CVU) announced today that it has received an extension, through 2015, to its existing General Ordering Agreement with Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. TXT +0.07% company, that adds additional delivery requirements totaling $3.95 million for the manufacture of various assemblies for the AH-1Z ZULU attack helicopter. The AH-1Z ZULU [...]
Bell awarded $13M for long-lead parts for 15 UH-1Y and 10 AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 02-Apr-13
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,085,222 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 11 UH-1Y Build New Aircraft and 10 Lot 11 AH-1Z Build New Aircraft for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded H-1 mission computer contract by US Navy
Source: Northrop Grumman, 31-Jan-13
Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC -0.64% has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide Gen II mission computers for the H-1 Upgrade helicopter program. Under the $9.3 million firm-fixed-price order, Northrop Grumman will supply Gen II mission computers and trays for the H-1 Upgrade program’s Lot 10 production aircraft. Deliveries [...]
Bell delivers 100th H-1 to the US Marine Corps
Source: Bell, 17-Jan-13
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), today delivered the 100th of a planned total of 349 H-1 helicopters during a ceremony at its Amarillo Assembly Center. The US Marine Corps H-1 helicopter program is comprised of both the UH-1Y utility helicopter and the AH-1Z attack helicopter. John Garrison, president and CEO of Bell Helicopter said, “We are [...]
Bell awarded $418M for UH-1Y and AH-1Z long-lead parts
Source: US DoD, 01-Jan-13
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $418,851,869 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to provide additional funding for the procurement of long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of 15 Lot 10 UH-1Y and 10 Lot 10 AH-1Z helicopters for the Marine Corps. Work will [...]
Bell awarded $28M more for H-1 upgrade contracts
Source: US DoD, 21-Dec-12
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $15,307,118 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to provide systems engineering and program management services in support of the H-1 Upgrade Program. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas and is expected to be completed in December 2013. Contract funds [...]
ATK awarded contract for AAR-47 missile warning systems
Source: ATK, 12-Dec-12
ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $48-million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System. The award encompasses production of new assemblies, including optical sensor converters and computer processors, as well as options for retrofitting weapon replaceable assembly upgrades and delivery of ATK’s Countermeasures Signal Simulator (CSS) to [...]
Goodrich Sensors wins $6.9M uplift on UH-1Y & AH-1Z HUMS contract
Source: US DoD, 22-Nov-12
Simmonds Precision Products Inc., doing business as Goodrich Sensors and Integrated Systems, Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $6,879,152 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-F-4003) to exercise an option for the procurement of 28 integrated mechanical diagnostic and health usage monitoring system kits in support of the AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircrafts. Work will [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $9.2M order for H-1 mission computers
Source: US DoD, 07-Nov-12
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $9,282,864 firm-fixed-price modification to a delivery order issued previously against basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0016). This modification provides for the procurement of 54 GEN II mission computers and trays for the H-1 upgrades Lot 10 production aircraft. Work will be performed in [...]
Korea requests 36 AH-1Z Cobras – package value $2.6 Billion
Source: DSCA, 28-Sep-12
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress September 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Korea for 36 AH-1Z COBRA Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion. The Government of the Republic of Korea has requested a possible sale of 36 [...]
EA denied motion to dismiss Bell’s counter-claims in battlefield helicopter lawsuit
Source: GamePolitics.com, 01-Aug-12
A federal judge has denied a motion by Electronic Arts to dismiss counter-claims in a trademark lawsuit filed by Textron Innovations and Bell Helicopter Textron related to helicopters depicted in its popular Battlefield games. (see full story)
Ducommun awarded AH-1Z titanium contract
Source: Ducommun, 01-Aug-12
Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) has received a contract from Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), to produce titanium firewall and baffle assemblies for the AH-1Z Cobra – the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter. Ducommun AeroStructures will produce the assemblies at its Coxsackie, N.Y. facility through 2013. “We’re very pleased to expand our relationship with Bell Helicopter to support the AH-1Z program,” [...]
Bell awarded $10M delivery order for UH-1Y / AH-1Z parts repair
Source: US DoD, 02-Jul-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded June 29 a not-to-exceed $10,883,860 for delivery order 0007 under a previously awarded contract (N00383-09-D-003N) for repair coverage of 66 items required to support the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 29, 2013. The [...]
Bell honours H1 “Yankees and Zulus” in “Heroes of Aviation” Series
Source: Bell, 21-May-12
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced the second of the Bell Helicopter “Heroes of Aviation” Series which pays tribute to the men and women who preserve freedom and save lives while using Bell Helicopters. “On behalf of the 11,000 men and women of Bell Helicopter, I am proud to dedicate this painting [...]
Last AH-1W flight for HMLA-267 as unit prepares for AH-1Z
Source: US Marine Corps, 30-Mar-12
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 conducted it’s final flight of their last AH-1W Super Cobra at Marine Corps Air Station 39, Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 23. The squadron first received an AH-1W in 1987 and has been conducting training and combat operations with it for the last 25 years. They will receive six AH-1Z [...]
Walbridge Aldinger awarded $11M task order for H-1 test facility
Source: US DoD, 16-Mar-12
Walbridge Aldinger Co., Detroit, Mich., is being awarded $11,515,000 for firm-fixed-price task order 0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-10-D-5331) for construction of an H-1Y/Z helicopter gearbox repair and test facility at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. This single-story high bay building facility will include a disassembly area, parts kitting area, [...]
Bell awarded $56M for long-lead parts for UH-1Y and AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 17-Feb-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $56,750,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of Lot 10 UH-1Y (15) and AH-1Z (13) helicopters for the Marine Corps in support of the H-1 upgrade program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 [...]
Lockheed Martin’s AH-1Z Cobra Targeting System Makes First Operational Deployment
Source: Lockheed Martin, 16-Feb-12
Lockheed Martin’s Target Sight System (TSS) for the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter deployed operationally for the first time with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as part of the Amphibious Squadron 5. Lockheed Martin’s TSS is the fire control system for the AH-1Z Cobra. The TSS integrates sensors to provide aviators with superior imagery through a highly [...]
CPI Aero to present at Noble Financial Capital Markets conference
Source: CPI Aero, 11-Jan-12
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) (NYSE Amex: CVU) today announced that its President & CEO, Edward Fred, will present at the Noble Financial Capital Markets Eighth Annual Equity Conference on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:30 am ET at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Hollywood, FL. Investors will be able to access the [...]
Galaxy Technologies awarded Bell tooling contract
Source: Galaxy Technologies, 11-Jan-12
Galaxy Technologies announced today the company has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract from Bell Helicopter Textron to design and manufacture tooling to support Bell’s re-design efforts for the H-1 Cuff and Yoke program in Ft. Worth, Texas. Bell Helicopter was awarded the Naval Air Systems Command contract in 2011. “The Galaxy team did [...]
Bell awarded $20M support contract for H-1 upgrade program
Source: US DoD, 02-Jan-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $20,359,785 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0035) to exercise an option for logistics products and services in support of H-1 helicopter upgrade program. Services to be provided include logistics management support; technical material for maintenance planning; design interface; supply/material support; technical [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $8.8M mission computer order for H-1 upgrades
Source: US DoD, 02-Jan-12
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an $8,880,685 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0016) for 52 GEN II mission computers for the H-1 upgrades Lot 9 production aircraft. Work will be performed in Woodland, Calif., and is expected to be completed in January [...]
Bell awarded $13M contract modification for H-1 upgrades
Source: US DoD, 13-Dec-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,919,264 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00019-11-C-0023) for the systems engineering/program management and engineering investigations for the H-1 upgrades production aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in December 2012. Contract funds will [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $30.6M for AH-1Z Target Sight System
Source: Lockheed Martin, 07-Dec-11
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. These contracts will provide spare units and parts as well as program support for the AH-1Z fleet. The Naval Surface Warfare [...]
First operational deployment of upgraded H-1 with Northrop Grumman cockpit
Source: Northrop Grumman, 18-Nov-11
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Avionics System played a key role in preparing the AH-1Z helicopter for its first operational deployment, marking the initial opportunity for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters to work together as a team. The AH-1Z and its sister aircraft, the UH-1Y, are deployed aboard the USSMakin Island with the 11th Marine [...]
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System aces helicopter testing
Source: BAE Systems, 12-Nov-11
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps recently successfully fired the first shots of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS) from a UH-1Y helicopter, in preparation for fielding in 2012. The successful shots, which took place at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California, Sept. 9-13, mark the start of APKWS [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $14M for AH-1Z target sight system
Source: US DoD, 04-Oct-11
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $14,089,047 firm-fixed-price order under previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00164-11-G-JQ97) for target sight system (TSS) spare parts and program support. This acquisition is for AN/AAQ-30 TSS spares that will be utilized for the current TSS that are installed into AH-1Z Cobra attack [...]
CPI Aero wins $1.4M in new orders from Bell
Source: CPI Aero, 03-Oct-11
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) announced today that it has received new purchase orders totaling $1.4 million from Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, for the manufacture of various assemblies for the AH-1Z ZULU attack helicopter. The new orders were for additional requirements to a contract CPI Aero announced in March 2011. Including the new [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $16M for AH-1Z target sight systems
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-11
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $16,650,000 firm-fixed-price contract for six spare AN/AAQ-30 target sight systems (TSS) for the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS provides target identification and tracking; passive targeting for integrated weapons, including Hellfire missiles; and a laser designation capability supporting friendly laser-guided weapons. Work [...]
Bell awarded $10M for cuff and yoke redesign of H-1 upgrades
Source: US DoD, 23-Sep-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $10,047,265 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0003) for design and development activities in support of the cuff and yoke redesign of the H-1 helicopter upgrades. This delivery order will include initiating the design-build-buy activities, part/drawing release, and support analysis for detailed [...]
LockMart wins $49.9M production contract for USMC Targeting System
Source: Lockheed Martin, 22-Sep-11
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $49.9 million follow-on production contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded the initial TSS production contract in March 2008, followed by a second production contract [...]
LockMart wins $50M contract for AH-1Z sensors
Source: US DoD, 01-Sep-11
Lockheed Martin Corporation Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $49,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 18 AN/AAQ-30 target sight systems (TSS) that will be integrated into the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. This integration is part of the USMC H-1 upgrade program to remanufacture legacy aircraft with state of the art designs [...]
USS New Orleans preps for AH-1Z first deployment
Source: US Navy, 29-Aug-11
USS NEW ORLEANS, At Sea – Amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted deck-landing qualifications (DLQs) for Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters during a pre-deployment exercise, Aug. 11. Declared combat-ready by the U.S. Marine Corps in September 2010, the AH-1Z Cobra will undergo its first operational deployment as part of Amphibious [...]
Bell awarded $550M contract for 19 UH-1Y and 14 AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 27-Jul-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $549,999,711 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0015) for long lead materials and components associated with the manufacture and delivery of 19 lot eight UH-1Y build new aircraft; eight AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft; and six lot eight AH-1Z build new aircraft. This [...]
Bell awarded $7.2M modification for H-1 upgrades program
Source: US DoD, 12-Jun-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $7,245,020 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-11-C-0023) for the purchase of Lot 9 long-lead items in support of the H-1 Upgrades Program for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent), and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), [...]
Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule
Source: Lockheed Martin, 27-May-11
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting capabilities. TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the AH-1Z, integrating state-of-the-art sensors to provide pilots with enhanced capabilities [...]
US FY2012 defense policy includes $3.01 Billion for V-22, $1.18 Billon for other Bell programs
Source: Congressman Mac Thornberry, 13-May-11
Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), the Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today announced that the committee approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540) by a vote of 60 to 1. The bill authorizes $690 billion in total spending for the Department of Defense and the national security programs [...]
Goodrich awarded $7M contract for HUMS on 19 UH-1Y and 8 AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 17-Mar-11
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., dba Goodrich Corp., Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $7,370,520 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 30 integrated mechanical diagnostic and health usage monitoring system units for the fiscal 2011 Lot 8 production upgrade aircraft UH-1Y and AH-1Zs (19 UH-1Y units; eight AH-1Z units). Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., [...]
Bell awarded $48M contract for long-lead parts for 15 UH-1Y and 11 AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 17-Mar-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $48,389,120 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of 26 Lot 9 UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters for the Marine Corps: 15 UH-1Y build new aircraft; four AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft; and seven AH-1Z build new aircraft. Work will [...]
US Marines declare AH-1Z Cobra operational
Source: US Marine Corps, 11-Mar-11
The Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, achieved Initial Operating Capability ahead of schedule in February. “Getting the AH-1Z to IOC has been a huge achievement for the entire team,” said Col. Harry Hewson, program manager for U.S. Marine Corps Light and Attack Helicopters. “Now we get to put the Zulu in the [...]
Bell awarded $12.6M order for AH-1Z and UH-1Y cuff and yoke redesign
Source: US DoD, 04-Mar-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,600,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0003) for design and development activities in support of the AH-1Z and UH-1Y cuff and yoke redesign. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in June 2013. Contract [...]
LaBarge awarded $3.8M electronic assemblies contract for H-1 upgrade program
Source: LaBarge, 21-Feb-11
LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has received a $3.8 million contract from Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, to continue to produce electronic assemblies for the H-1 Upgrade Program for helicopters used by the U.S. Marine Corps. Just as the UH-1N is being rebuilt and redesigned [...]
GE awarded $13M contract modification to engine repair contract for UH-1Y and AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 16-Feb-11
General Electric Engine Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $13,783,020 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-09-D-0008) for the repair of 15 T700-GE-401 engines and 36 T700-GE-401C engines for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y H-1 helicopters. Work will be performed in Winfield, Kan., and is expected to be completed in February 2012. [...]
US Marines to deploy AH-1Z late 2011
Source: Aviation Week, 16-Jan-11
A decade after first flight, the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z attack helicopter finally graduated from a turbulent operational evaluation and is being readied for its first shipboard deployment.
Bell awarded $13M for system engineering and program management of H-1 upgrade program
Source: US DoD, 07-Jan-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,548,330 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0035) to exercise an option for system engineering and program management for the oversight of production efforts in support of H-1 helicopters upgrade program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected [...]
Bell awarded $22M for H-1 upgrade program logistics
Source: US DoD, 05-Jan-11
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $22,021,303 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0035) to exercise an option for logistics products and services in support of H-1 helicopter upgrade program. Services to be provided include logistics management support, technical material for maintenance planning, design interface, supply/material support, technical [...]
Bell to add 100+ workers in Amarillo for AH-1Z
Source: Amarillo Globe News, 12-Dec-10
Bell Helicopter’s Amarillo work force will grow by more than 100 workers next year as the company expands production of the Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopters, officials have confirmed
