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Navy/USMC

Bell-Boeing Nabs $1.6 Billion Osprey Logistics Contract

Friday, January 7th, 2022

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Bell-Boeing Nabs $1.6 Billion Osprey Logistics Contract

The first flight of the first Navy CMV-22B Osprey in Amarillo, Texas, verifying product requirements and airworthiness for the U.S. Navy in 2020. (Photo: Bell Textron)

The Navy awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $1.6 billion logistics requirements contract on Jan. 6 that covers the repair, replacement, required availability, configuration management, and inventory management for supply support for Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force V-22 aircraft components. The contract has a five-year base period with no options and covers the logistics works for 228 total aircraft. The Marine Corps uses the MV-22B variant, the Navy the CMV-22, and the Air Force the CV-22.…

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