Contract: Bell Helicopter, $9.9M

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $9,852,575 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of up to three Bell 407 variant commercial airframes, associated Bell 407 unique components, and preservation and storage in the support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout. Work will be performed in Ozark, Ala., and is expected to be completed in December 2020. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-18-D-0119). (Source: DoD, 03/16/18) Northrop Grumman does final assembly work on Fire Scouts in Moss Point, Miss.