24-Sep-2010 Source: US Dept of Defense
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $22,362,630 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-08-G-0002) for design, development, test, manufacture, and delivery of Lot IV Operational Test Program Sets (OTPSs), including production copies of the OTPSs for MV-22 and CV-22, on-site verification (OSV), and the procurement of General Electric Interface Unit Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) and standby flight instrument/enhanced standby flight instrument WRAs. Â This order includes those for the Air Force (16 production units and OSV of two units) and the Marine Corps (non-recurring design engineering, 12 pilot production units, 72 production units, and OSV of 12 units). Â Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (89.6 percent), and Ridley Park, Pa. (10.4 percent). Â Work is expected to be completed in August 2015. Â Contract funds in the amount of $13,480,298 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Â This order combines purchases for the Air Force ($1,044,826; 4 percent) and the Marine Corps ($22,317,804; 96 percent). Â The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.