Bell-Boeing at Patuxent River Receives Almost $90 Million Contract Modification

Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, at Patuxent River, is being awarded an $89,321,925 modification to a previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee contract (N00019-99-C-1090) for incorporation of engineering change proposal V-22-0564 for rework of five Lot IV MV-22 low rate initial production tiltrotor aircraft to a block A/B configuration. 

Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (42 percent); Ridley Park, Pa. (30 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (28 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2008. 

Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, is the contracting activity.