Contract: Bell-Boeing, $581.4M

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a contract with an estimated value of $581,446,845 to provide Joint Performance Based Logistics support for the Marine Corps (MV-22), Air Force, and Special Forces Operations Command (CV-22) aircraft during the production and deployment phase of the V-22 Program. Just over 6 percent of the work will be performed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Most work will be performed in Ft. Worth, Texas and Philadelphia, Pa., and is expected to be completed in November 2013. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 01/22/09)