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Bell-Boeing Submits Proposal For Second V-22 Multiyear Procurement Contract

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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

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The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing [BA] and Bell Helicopter-Textron [TXT], recently said it has submitted its proposal to the Navy for a second multiyear procurement (MYP II) contract for the production and delivery of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The five-year, fixed-price incentive proposal would provide the Marines and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) with the full complement of Ospreys outlined in the Defense Department program of record and would yield double-digit percentage savings over…

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