V-22

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.6M delivery order for V-22 update

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.6M delivery order for V-22 update

11-Sep-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $9,594,477 for firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0109 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) for non-recurring engineering required for the variable frequency generator-generator control unit update in support of the V-22 aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (56 percent);... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.4M order for V-22  flight display components

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.4M order for V-22 flight display components

10-Sep-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is being awarded $9,451,005 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0061 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) for the procurement of standby flight display components for the V-22 aircraft for the U.S. Navy. This order provides for replacement of obsolescent components no longer available due to diminishing manufacturing sources... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $21M delivery order for MV-22 radar upgrade

Bell-Boeing awarded $21M delivery order for MV-22 radar upgrade

3-Sep-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $21,395,545 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0096 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) for non-recurring engineering in support of the MV-22 Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment Universal Urgent Needs Statement Effort. This order provides for the replacement of the warning system and radar warning receiver system... Read more

Bell/Boeing awarded $15.1M contract modification for V-22 parts

Bell/Boeing awarded $15.1M contract modification for V-22 parts

18-Aug-2014Source: US DoD

Bell/Boeing Joint Program Office, California, Maryland, is being awarded $15,170,182 for modification 0006 under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-09-D-0008) for repair of various parts on the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (80 percent), and Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (20 percent). Work is expected to be completed by Dec.... Read more

Exelis awarded $190M contract for V-22 countermeasures

Exelis awarded $190M contract for V-22 countermeasures

4-Aug-2014Source: US DoD

Exelis, Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded a $190,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasure components and related services for the Technology Applications program office and CV-22 program offices. The majority of the work will be performed in Clifton, New Jersey. This contract has a five-year base period and a... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $14M delivery order for V-22 research

Bell-Boeing awarded $14M delivery order for V-22 research

4-Aug-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $14,641,931 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0089 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. This order provides for the research and of engineering and technical analysis of new capabilities of the V-22... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $29M more for AE1107C engines support on V-22s

Rolls-Royce awarded $29M more for AE1107C engines support on V-22s

4-Aug-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded a $29,148,390 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of Mission CareTM support for the AE1107C engine, including flight hours, and lower power engine removals and repairs, for the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Oakland, California (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Indiana (30... Read more

Robertson Fuel Systems awarded $14M more for V-22 aux fuel tanks

Robertson Fuel Systems awarded $14M more for V-22 aux fuel tanks

4-Aug-2014Source: US DoD

Robertson Fuel Systems, LLC, Tempe, Arizona, is being awarded a $14,779,950 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0097) to exercise an option for the procurement of two mission auxiliary fuel tank systems for the MV-22 Osprey aircraft. Work will be performed in Tempe, Arizona, and is expected to be completed in July 2015. Fiscal... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $69M delivery order for V-22 support

Bell-Boeing awarded $69M delivery order for V-22 support

28-Jul-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $69,659,650 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0073 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. This order provides for the non-recurring engineering (Phase II) of the Improved Inlet Solution (IIS) for the V-22... Read more

VMX-22 receives new commanding officer

VMX-22 receives new commanding officer

3-Jul-2014Source: US Marine Corps

Col. Michael R. Orr relinquished command of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 22 to Col. Robert L. Rauenhorst in a change of command ceremony held at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training hangar aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, June 27. Orr, who led the “Argonauts” from July 2012 to June 2014,... Read more

Marine Corps firefighting equipment showcases advanced capabilities

Marine Corps firefighting equipment showcases advanced capabilities

25-Jun-2014Source: US Marine Corps

Senior fire officers with the U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, Army and Department of Defense Master Labor Contractors attended a Bambi Bucket firefighting water delivery system and MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft display June 10 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. The displays are... Read more

Triumph Gear Systems awarded $55M contract for V-22 pylon repairs

Triumph Gear Systems awarded $55M contract for V-22 pylon repairs

20-Jun-2014Source: US DoD

Triumph Gear Systems, Park City, Utah, is being awarded a $55,775,371 firm-fixed-price contract for the repair of various parts including the pylon conversion actuator used on the V-22 aircraft in support of both MV-22 (Marines), and CV-22 (Air Force). Work will be performed in Park City, Utah, and work is expected to be completed by... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $9.4M modification to V-22 contract

Rolls-Royce awarded $9.4M modification to V-22 contract

10-Jun-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded a $9,479,821 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of 13 low power MV-22 repairs under the Mission CareTM contract. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, and is expected to be completed in February 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in... Read more

VMM-363 celebrates 62nd anniversary of service, unveils new insignia

VMM-363 celebrates 62nd anniversary of service, unveils new insignia

6-Jun-2014Source: USMC

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 celebrated 62 years of service with the unveiling of their new squadron insignia and their fully operational capabilities aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 2. Marines with the squadron came together after their workday to eat together, learn about their history and see the new insignia, which... Read more

VMGR-252 aerial refuels HMX-1 during trans-Atlantic flight

VMGR-252 aerial refuels HMX-1 during trans-Atlantic flight

3-Jun-2014Source: US Marine Corps

Three KC-130J Super Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 left Cherry Point May 27 for a week-long deployment in support of Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 as the helicopter squadron completed its first trans-Atlantic flight in the squadron’s MV-22B Ospreys. Four Ospreys from HMX-1 crossed the Atlantic bound for the 70th D-Day Anniversary Ceremony... Read more

Marines train to land Osprey in rough terrain

Marines train to land Osprey in rough terrain

12-May-2014Source: USMC

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, executed confined aerial landings and flight instrument training May 6 on Kadena Air Base and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The squadron is with MAG-36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Confined aerial landings and flight instrument training are some of the... Read more

Northrop Grumman awarded $18M delivery order for V-22 EW upgrade

Northrop Grumman awarded $18M delivery order for V-22 EW upgrade

8-May-2014Source: US DoD

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is being awarded $17,969,104 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0506 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0004) for non-recurring engineering in support of the MV-22 Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment Suite upgrade, including integration of the AN/AAQ-24(V)25 software with an electronic warfare controller and the MV-22 mission computer. Work... Read more

Bell to lay off 325 employees as V-22 orders decline

Bell to lay off 325 employees as V-22 orders decline

7-May-2014

Bell is cutting 325 more jobs as the company continues to downsize in the face of declining defense spending and competitive pressures – see full story... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded another $8M for CV-22 engine work

Rolls-Royce awarded another $8M for CV-22 engine work

7-May-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded an $8,021,387 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for Mission CareTM support for the CV-22 AE1107C engine, including lower power engine removals. Work will be performed in Oakland, California (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Indiana (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2015. Fiscal... Read more

National Technologies awarded $6.5M V-22 logistics deal

National Technologies awarded $6.5M V-22 logistics deal

2-May-2014Source: US DoD

National Technologies Associates Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a $6,567,668 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering/logistics and acquisition logistics support services to the V-22 Joint Program Office. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $3,751,515 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is April 30, 2017. Bids were solicited via the... Read more

VMM-263 maintains excellence aboard Mesa Verde

VMM-263 maintains excellence aboard Mesa Verde

30-Apr-2014Source: USMC

Since the first MV-22 Ospreys were deployed to Iraq in 2007, the Marines of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 have built a reputation for overcoming adversity through teamwork and ingenuity. The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) current deployment has proven an opportunity for VMM-263 (Reinforced) Detachment A to continue that tradition aboard the USS... Read more

Hamilton Sundstrand awarded $7.3M order for V-22 repairs

Hamilton Sundstrand awarded $7.3M order for V-22 repairs

2-Apr-2014Source: US DoD

Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, Ill., is being awarded $7,354,035 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 7006 under a previously awarded contract (N00383-12-D-011N) for repair of the V-22 Osprey aircraft constant frequency generator. Work will be performed in Rockville, Ill., and is expected to be completed in September 2016. Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds in the amount... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $39M for V-22 Mission Care contract

Rolls-Royce awarded $39M for V-22 Mission Care contract

28-Mar-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $39,599,668 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of 26,495 V-22 flight hours and 26 low power MV-22 repairs under the Mission Care™ contract. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be... Read more

Ducommun awarded V-22 wiring and electronics contracts

Ducommun awarded V-22 wiring and electronics contracts

26-Mar-2014Source: Ducommun

Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) (“Ducommun” or the “Company”) today reported that it has received contracts valued at $5.6 million from Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT), to provide electronic assemblies and wiring harnesses for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft through January 2015. The Company will manufacture the electronic subassemblies at its Huntsville, Ark., plant and the wiring harnesses at... Read more

One new CV-22 ordered at cost of $76.1M

One new CV-22 ordered at cost of $76.1M

9-Mar-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $76,100,722 modification to the previously awarded V-22 fixed-price-incentive-fee lot 17-21 multiyear contract (N00019-12-C-2001).  This modification exercises an option for the manufacture and delivery of one CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (24.6 percent); Ridley Park,... Read more

MV-22 confirmed for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014

MV-22 confirmed for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014

22-Feb-2014Source: EAA

The U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, one of the world’s most unique military aircraft, will return to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in in 2014. The MV-22 will be on display at the event and also give demonstrations of its unique flying capabilities. The Osprey is making its first appearance at Oshkosh since 2010. This appearance,... Read more

Cobham Receives Orders for V-22 Refuelling Probes

Cobham Receives Orders for V-22 Refuelling Probes

19-Feb-2014Source: Cobham

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by Boeing and Cobham in June 2013, Cobham has recently secured the first two annual Lots for the supply of Refuelling Probes for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in support of the second V-22 multiyear award from the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Capable of... Read more

MV-22 lands on French warship for first time

MV-22 lands on French warship for first time

18-Feb-2014Source: US Marine Corps

At Sea – An MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response lands aboard the French Mistral-class assault ship, Dixmude, to increase squadron proficiency while enhancing interoperability with the U.S. and their NATO allies during a bi-lateral engagement in the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 8. The U.S. and French carrier qualification was the first... Read more

Bell to Showcase Breadth of Product Offerings at Singapore Airshow

Bell to Showcase Breadth of Product Offerings at Singapore Airshow

8-Feb-2014Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today its participation in the Singapore Airshow, to be held Feb. 11 – 16. Bell Helicopter will have a strong presence as an exhibitor, with a Bell 407GX and Bell 429 on static display as well as the debut of the Bell AH-1Z “Zulu” attack helicopter cockpit demonstrator. In addition, the U.S. Marine Corps... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $90M contract for 40 AE1107C engines for V-22

Rolls-Royce awarded $90M contract for 40 AE1107C engines for V-22

31-Jan-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $90,164,920 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0007) to exercise an option for the procurement of 40 AE1107C install engines in support of the MV-22 aircraft for the United States Marine Corps.  Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $10M for V-22 support

Bell-Boeing awarded $10M for V-22 support

31-Jan-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $10,322,803 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-D-0008) for additional Joint Performance Based Logistics support for the Marine Corps MV-22, and the Air Force and Special Forces Operations Command CV-22 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (50 percent) and Philadelphia, Pa. (50... Read more

Bell-Boeing offers VIP V-22 to India to replace AW101

Bell-Boeing offers VIP V-22 to India to replace AW101

27-Jan-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Bell has offered the V-22 Osprey to India in the wake of the not-yet-finalised AW101 debacle. The AW101 situation is far from over. India finally agreed to appoint an arbitrator on 1st January, almost three months after AgustaWestland took the same step when India unilaterally decided to suspend the contract. According to AgustaWestland, there is... Read more

Proposed Israel V-22 sale is valued at $1.13 billion

Proposed Israel V-22 sale is valued at $1.13 billion

16-Jan-2014Source: DSCA

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress January 13 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel for V-22B Block C Aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.13 billion. The Government of Israel  (GOI) has requested a possible sale of 6 V-22B Block C Aircraft, 16 Rolls... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $26M delivery order for V-22 flight test work

Bell-Boeing awarded $26M delivery order for V-22 flight test work

16-Jan-2014Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $26,682,561 for cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable delivery order 0067 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22 aircraft. This order provides for on-site flight test management, flight test engineering, design engineering, and related efforts for the Naval Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Squadron.... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $13M delivery order for V-22 flight test work

Rolls-Royce awarded $13M delivery order for V-22 flight test work

16-Jan-2014Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $13,556,862 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) to provide 17,226 engine flight hours in support of the MV-22 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2013.  Fiscal 2014 operations... Read more

VMM-266 welcomes new commanding officer

VMM-266 welcomes new commanding officer

19-Dec-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Lt. Col. Christopher J. Boniface relinquished command of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 to Lt. Col. Kirk B. Nelson during a change of command ceremony at the squadron’s hangar, Dec. 6. In the presence of many friends, peers and family members, Boniface passed the squadron colors to Nelson, signifying the passage of the many... Read more

Japanese politicians get familiar with V-22 Osprey

Japanese politicians get familiar with V-22 Osprey

16-Dec-2013Source: US Marine Corps

HeliHub.com editor introduction – With an increasing number of observers suggesting that Japan could be close to following Israel in ordering the V-22 Osprey, this report from US Marine Corps is interesting in the depth it goes… Fourteen members of the Japan House of Representatives and Senate visited various facilities at Marine Corps Air Station... Read more

CV-22 Osprey arrives at National Museum of the USAF

CV-22 Osprey arrives at National Museum of the USAF

15-Dec-2013Source: USAF

One of the U.S. Air Force’s more unique aircraft landed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Thursday, Dec. 12. The CV-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft that combines the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter with the long range, fuel efficiency and speed characteristics of a turboprop aircraft,... Read more

Bell-Boeing receive $15M delivery order for eight V-22 helmet mounted display kits

Bell-Boeing receive $15M delivery order for eight V-22 helmet mounted display kits

8-Dec-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $15,597,818 firm-fixed-price delivery order (0075) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22 aircraft. This order provides for additional nonrecurring engineering and technical support to forward fit/retrofit engineering change proposal #1007 into the aircraft. This effort will also provide for... Read more

CV-22 Osprey to make final landing at museum

CV-22 Osprey to make final landing at museum

5-Dec-2013Source: US Air Force

One of the U.S. Air Force’s more unique aircraft is scheduled to arrive at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The CV-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft that combines the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter with the long-range, fuel efficiency and speed... Read more

First public display of Osprey in mainland Japan

First public display of Osprey in mainland Japan

2-Dec-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 participated in a distinguished visitor and media relations visit aboard Japan Air Self-Defense Force Nyutabaru Air Base, Nov. 30, 2013. The squadron, which operates out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, flew an MV-22 Osprey to the media event with hopes of clarifying misconceptions some Japanese public... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $18M more for V-22 logistics support

Bell-Boeing awarded $18M more for V-22 logistics support

27-Nov-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded an $18,064,906 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-D-0008) for additional joint performance based logistics support for the Marine Corps (MV-22), Air Force, and Special Forces Operations Command (CV-22) aircraft. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (50 percent); and Philadelphia, Pa. (50 percent), and... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $33M delivery order for V-22 avionics and flight control system

Bell-Boeing awarded $33M delivery order for V-22 avionics and flight control system

25-Nov-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $33,023,240 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to delivery order 0044 previously issued against a basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22. This modified order provides for engineering and technical support for the V-22 flight control system and on-aircraft avionics software; flight test planning and coordination of... Read more

Marine Wing Commander Endorses V-22 Aerial Refueling Mission

Marine Wing Commander Endorses V-22 Aerial Refueling Mission

22-Nov-2013Source: Naitonal Defense

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, commanding general of of the third Marine aircraft wing at MCAS Miramar, said Nov. 20 at the Milcom conference that he would welcome having some of the service’s MV-22 variants serve in the aerial refuelling capacity – see full story... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.2M for V-22 upgrade work

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.2M for V-22 upgrade work

19-Nov-2013Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $9,256,869 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0091) to exercise an option for the procurement of four Block A to B 50 – 69 series upgrade installs for the V-22 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (60 percent); Havelock, N.C. (20... Read more

4 more Ospreys deployed to Philippines for typhoon relief missions

4 more Ospreys deployed to Philippines for typhoon relief missions

15-Nov-2013Source: USMC

Four additional MV-22B Ospreys have deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, to support Operation Damayan, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. As of yesterday, 129,000 pounds of relief supplies had been distributed, and hundreds of displaced persons had been relocated to the Philippine capital of Manila,... Read more

General Electric awarded $13M contract for moving map work

General Electric awarded $13M contract for moving map work

15-Nov-2013Source: US DoD

General Electric Aviation, Grand Rapids, Mich., is being awarded a $13,587,842 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the repair of various avionics components of the tactical moving map capability, and the AN-ASQ-215 mission data loader systems used in support of multiple platforms: F-18, AV-8B, V-22, and the H-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in Grand Rapids, Mich.,... Read more

Bell to showcase three civil and three military helicopters in Dubai

Bell to showcase three civil and three military helicopters in Dubai

14-Nov-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), will have a strong presence at the 2013 Dubai Airshow, the Middle East’s leading aerospace event, held at Dubai World Central November 17-21. Bell Helicopter will feature a number of commercial and military aircraft on static display, showcasing their outstanding capabilities to meet the unique mission requirements... Read more

Weston Solutions awarded $6.5M for MV-22 fuel facility at MCAS Camp Pendleton

Weston Solutions awarded $6.5M for MV-22 fuel facility at MCAS Camp Pendleton

8-Nov-2013Source: US DoD

Weston Solutions Inc., West Chester, Pa., is being awarded $6,576,624 for firm-fixed-price task order FZ01 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62583-09-D-0131) for design and construction of an MV-22 Aviation Fuel Storage Facility at Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed provides for expansion of the existing fuel storage... Read more

Oldest USAF CV-22 Osprey retired to museum

Oldest USAF CV-22 Osprey retired to museum

3-Nov-2013Source: NW Florida Daily News

The future of the 12-year-old CV-22 Osprey lies at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio  See full story... Read more

US Defense Secretary confirms first V-22 export sale

US Defense Secretary confirms first V-22 export sale

1-Nov-2013Source: US Dept of Defense

Calling Israel’s self-defense capabilities and its qualitative military edge “central to both Israel and U.S. security interests,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced tonight that Israel will buy six V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for its air force. Hagel made the announcement during his keynote address at the 100th annual Anti-Defamation League meeting in New York. “Israel... Read more

Hamilton Sundstrand awarded $7.4M for V-22 constant frequency generators

Hamilton Sundstrand awarded $7.4M for V-22 constant frequency generators

30-Oct-2013Source: US DoD

Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, Ill., is being awarded $7,416,890 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 7005 against previously awarded contract (N00383-12-D-011N) for the repair of 118 aircraft constant frequency generators in support of the V-22 Osprey. Work will be performed in Rockford, Ill., and work is expected to be completed by March 31, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Navy... Read more

V-22 Readiness Rates Flawed, Pentagon’s Inspector Finds

V-22 Readiness Rates Flawed, Pentagon’s Inspector Finds

28-Oct-2013Source: Bloomberg

U.S. Marine Corps personnel improperly recorded data used to measure the combat readiness rate of the MV-22 Osprey made by Textron Inc.  and Boeing Co. in the three years ending in 2011, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general. see full story... Read more

Israel to have six V-22s by end of 2014?

Israel to have six V-22s by end of 2014?

6-Oct-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Reports from Israel are suggesting that the Defence Force there could have as many as six V-22 Ospreys by the end of 2014.  Local defence sources reached this conclusion through assessment of negotiations between manufacturer JV Bell-Boeing and the US Air Force.  The tilt rotors are quoted as being part of a bigger specialist military... Read more

VMM-365 welcomes new senior enlisted advisor

VMM-365 welcomes new senior enlisted advisor

27-Sep-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Sgt. Maj. Bradley W. Baiotto stepped on deck as the sergeant major of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (VMM), Sept. 13, during a relief and appointment ceremony in the VMM-365 hangar. During the ceremony, Sgt. Maj. Jeffery M. Cullen stepped down as senior enlisted advisor for the squadron and retired. Baiotto just returned from a... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $20M to upgrade 23 V-22 training devices

Bell-Boeing awarded $20M to upgrade 23 V-22 training devices

26-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $20,516,768 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0026 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006). This order provides for upgrades to the existing 15 Marine Corps and 8 Air Force V-22 training devices. The Marine Corps (MV) and Air Force devices (CV) will be upgraded to the... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.5M more to flight test new V-22 systems

Bell-Boeing awarded $9.5M more to flight test new V-22 systems

26-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $9,523,227 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a delivery order issued previously against basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) for non-recurring engineering and flight test aircraft modifications to incorporate the Joint Allied Threat Awareness System and APR-39D(V)2 radar warning receiver into the MV-22 Osprey aircraft. Work will be performed in... Read more

V-22 lands on British carrier for first time in six years

V-22 lands on British carrier for first time in six years

23-Sep-2013Source: Royal Navy

Flown by the United States Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, it is mainly a heavy lift troop carrier, and has been deployed in both combat and rescue operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Six years ago HMS Illustrious became the first non-US ship to fly an Osprey and was pleased to welcome one back... Read more

Solpac awarded $11.8M contract for construction work at MCAS Miramar

Solpac awarded $11.8M contract for construction work at MCAS Miramar

14-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Solpac Construction Inc. doing business as Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $11,870,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-10-D-5411) for the design and construction for Hangar 5 renovations and additions at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar. The work to be performed provides for... Read more

Moog awarded $9.9M delivery order for V-22 swashplate actuators

Moog awarded $9.9M delivery order for V-22 swashplate actuators

12-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

MOOG Inc., Aurora, N.Y., is being awarded $9,920,000 for firm-fixed-price delivery order #7084 against previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00383-09-G-002D) for the repair of 155 Swashplate actuators in support of the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed at Aurora, N.Y., and is expected to be completed by July 11, 2014. Fiscal 2013 Navy working capital... Read more

V-22 completes initial test as an aerial refueling tanker

V-22 completes initial test as an aerial refueling tanker

8-Sep-2013Source: Bell Boeing

The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. [NYSE: TXT] and Boeing [NYSE: BA], has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing as an aerial refueling tanker. Adding this capability to the tiltrotor aircraft would further advance its versatility in combat, humanitarian and ship-based operations. In the... Read more

HMM-262 redesignated as VMM-262

HMM-262 redesignated as VMM-262

1-Sep-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262) was redesignated as Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (VMM-262) during a ceremony today at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. HMM-262, which is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force was originally activated Sept. 1, 1951 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 262 (HMR-262)... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $8.9M for V-22 upgrades

Bell-Boeing awarded $8.9M for V-22 upgrades

1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded an $8,906,715 cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract for ten V-22 Block A to B 50-69 series upgrade kits and ten V-22 Block A- to B 50-69 series installs. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (60 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (40 percent), and is expected... Read more

Physical Optics awarded $14M delivery order to upgrade MH-60 and V-22 data transfer systems

Physical Optics awarded $14M delivery order to upgrade MH-60 and V-22 data transfer systems

1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Physical Optics Corp.*, Torrance, Calif., is being awarded $14,452,568 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order #0003 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-12-G-0045) for the upgrade of 49 aircraft data transfer systems to advanced data transfer systems for the MH-60 and V-22 aircraft. This effort provides for the development of hardware and software solutions for an advanced... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $9M for one MV-22 Containerized Flight Training Device

Bell-Boeing awarded $9M for one MV-22 Containerized Flight Training Device

1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $9,363,229 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N61340-12-C-0033) to exercise an option for the procurement of one Tiltrotor (MV-22) Containerized Flight Training Device for the United States Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (45 percent); Chantilly, Va. (26 percent); Salt... Read more

Bell and other team members receive NASA Group Achievement Award

Bell and other team members receive NASA Group Achievement Award

1-Sep-2013Source: Textron

The Tiltrotor Test Rig (TTR) Development Team comprised of NASA Ames Research Center, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), and Triumph Aerospace Systems – Newport News (TASNN) will be honored with a 2013 NASA Group Achievement Award at the Ames Research Center’sannual NASA Agency Honor Awards ceremony on August 29. The Group Achievement Award is presented to selected groups who have... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $42M for V-22 prop rotor gearboxes

Bell-Boeing awarded $42M for V-22 prop rotor gearboxes

26-Aug-2013Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office Bell-Boeing Joint Program, Amarillo, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $42,995,069 delivery order (6125) on contract SPRPA1-09-G-004Y for prop rotor gearboxes. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract. There was one solicitation with one response. Location of performance is Texas, with a December 2017 performance completion date. Using service is... Read more

26-Aug-13 Bell-Boeing MV-22 Creech AFB, US-Nevada

26-Aug-13 Bell-Boeing MV-22 Creech AFB, US-Nevada

26-Aug-2013

Heavy landing during a training exercise and caught fire.  4 POB unharmed... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $10.8M work for AE1107 engine repairs for V-22

Rolls-Royce awarded $10.8M work for AE1107 engine repairs for V-22

25-Aug-2013Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $10,778,997 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for 11 low power repairs of the AE1107 turbo shaft engines for the MV-22 aircraft and two months of mission care site support for HMX-1s in Quantico, Va. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent); Indianapolis,... Read more

Ospreys make longest Pacific flight to date

Ospreys make longest Pacific flight to date

16-Aug-2013Source: US Navy

Two MV-22B Ospreys completed the longest distance Osprey tanking mission to date in the Pacific region Aug. 2-5, beginning from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and ending in Townsville, Australia. The aircrews conducted aerial refueling operations during tanking missions to extend their flight range, reducing the number of required landings and shortening the mission timeline.... Read more

MV-22 squadron arrives at MCAS Iwakuni

MV-22 squadron arrives at MCAS Iwakuni

31-Jul-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 off-loaded 12 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at the port facility at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 30. The aircraft arrived by commercial cargo ship before being flown to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, as part of HMM-262. The 12 aircraft will be inspected,... Read more

Okinawa asks US, Japan to stop deployment of second batch of Ospreys

Okinawa asks US, Japan to stop deployment of second batch of Ospreys

10-Jul-2013Source: Japan Daily Press

Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima pleaded with the central government to stop the deployment of the second batch of MV-22 Ospreys that are due to be deployed to the US bases on the southern Japanese island, after arriving at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni near Hiroshima at the end of July for testing see full... Read more

Moog awarded $7M contract for V-22 swashplate actuators

Moog awarded $7M contract for V-22 swashplate actuators

9-Jul-2013Source: US DoD

Moog Inc., East Aurora, N.Y., has been awarded a maximum $7,674,650 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract (SPM4AX-07-D-9412 THA1).  The contract is for V-22 aircraft swashplate actuators.  Location of performance is New York with a September 2014 completion date.  Using military service is Navy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Navy Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is... Read more

First US Air Force CV-22Bs arrive at UK base

First US Air Force CV-22Bs arrive at UK base

28-Jun-2013Source: US Air Force

The 352nd Special Operations Group resurrected a key capability when two CV-22B Ospreys touched down June 24 here. The Ospreys are the first of 10 slated to arrive as part of the 352nd SOG expansion, which will last through the end of 2014. The CV-22 fills part of the role previously accomplished by the MH-53... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $60M contract for one V-22 for delivery November 2016

Bell-Boeing awarded $60M contract for one V-22 for delivery November 2016

28-Jun-2013Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $60,163,310modification to the previously awarded V-22 fixed-price-incentive-fee Lot 17 – 21 multiyear contract (N00019-12-C-2001).  This modification provides for the manufacture and delivery of one MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps in accordance with the Variation in Quantity clause.  Work will be performed in... Read more

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