DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas Related To MV-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft For U.S. Marine Corps
Source: This article compiled by Roger Smith DTN News - Defense-Technology News & U.S. DoD issued No. 470-13 June 27, 2013(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 28, 2013: Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $60,163,310 modification 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 Fort Worth, Texas (24.6 percent); Ridley Park, Pa. (19.2 percent); Amarillo, Texas (10.4 percent); Dallas, Texas (4.3 percent); East Aurora, N.Y. (2.5 percent); Park City, Utah (1.7 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (1.3 percent); Endicott, N.Y. (1 percent); Ontario, Canada (.9 percent); Tempe, Ariz. (.8 percent); Rome, N.Y. (.7 percent); Torrance, Calif. (.7 percent); Luton, United Kingdom (.6 percent); Clifton, N.J. (.6 percent); Salisbury, Md. (.6 percent); Los Angeles, Calif. (.6 percent); Cobham, United Kingdom (.6 percent); Irvine, Calif. (.6 percent); San Diego, Calif. (.5 percent); Yakima, Wash. (.5 percent); Brea, Calif. (.5 percent); Rockmart, Ga. (.5 percent); McKinney, Texas (.4 percent); Albuquerque, N.M. (.4 percent); Whitehall, Mich. (.4 percent); Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (.4 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (.4 percent); Erie, Pa. (.3 percent); Vergennes, Vt. (.3 percent); Kilgore, Texas (.3 percent); Shelby, N.C. (.3 percent); Avon, Ohio (.2 percent); Santa Clarita, Calif. (.2 percent); Garden City, N.Y. (.2 percent); El Cajon, Calif. (.2 percent); Corinth, Texas (.2 percent); Sylmar, Calif. (.2 percent); Westbury, N.Y. (.1 percent); and various other locations inside and outside the United States (21.8 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2016.
Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement Navy funds in the amount of $60,163,310 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
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