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Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $61,101,335 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification (P00004) to an order (N0001921F0030) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001917G0002). This modification adds scope to provide additional non-recurring engineering to support the production line incorporation of nacelle improvements for the CV-22 aircraft. Additionally, this modification exercises an option to procure 14 nacelle improvements kits in order to accelerate the CV-22 installation schedule, as well as procure an additional six brackets to support the kit installation. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (53%); Fort Worth, Texas (46%); and Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $56,900,549; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $4,196,220; and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $4,566 will be obligated at the time of award, $4,566 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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Parece que la USAF quiere acelerar la introducción de este nuevo diseño. Recordemos que el primer vuelo de la misma fue en diciembre del año pasado: https://verticalmag.com/news/bell-boein ... -on-cv-22/
A U.S. Air Force CV-22 completes the first flight with incorporated nacelle improvements, December 2021. U.S. Air Force Photo