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Navy Orders Four More Ospreys In $482 Million Mod

Monday, May 8th, 2023

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Navy Orders Four More Ospreys In $482 Million Mod

The first flight of the first Navy CMV-22B Osprey in Amarillo, Texas, verifying product requirements and airworthiness for the U.S. Navy in 2020. (Photo: Bell Textron)

Naval Air Systems Command last Friday said it awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $482 million contract modification to procure another four CMV-22B Osprey Lot 27 aircraft. This modification of a contract originally awarded in 2016 is a fixed-price incentive undefinitized modification that “adds scope” for the production and delivery of the four Ospreys. This work is expected to be finished by June 2026. The Navy said $214 million of the funds from the fiscal year 2023…

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