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Contract Award: Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) – $35,672,562

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded $35,672,562 for modification P00007 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-17-C-0081).  This modification exercises an option to produce and deliver 17 AE1107C engines in support of the V-22 aircraft, to include one engine for the Marine Corps, eight engines for the Navy, and eight engines for the government of Japan.  Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in May 2020.  Fiscal 2018 and 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy);and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds in the amount of $35,672,562 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.   This modification combines purchases for the Navy ($18,885,474; 53 percent); and the government of Japan ($16,787,088; 47 percent) under the FMS program.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana,



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