Bell-Boeing JV Wins Navy Contract To Upgrade V-22 Aircraft
Zacks Investment Research | Jun 06, 2018 10:32PM ET
Bell-Boeing, a joint venture (JV) between The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and Bell Helicopter — unit of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) — recently won a delivery order in relation to V-22 aircraft. Work related to the deal is scheduled to be over by July 2020.
Details of the Deal
Valued at $47.4 million, the contract was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland. Per the terms of the deal, the JV will procure non-recurring engineering, production and supportability. These procurements will facilitate the incorporation of optimized wiring and structural improvements on the nacelle into the V-22 production line and via forced retrofit at the depot level of maintenance for previously delivered V-22 aircraft.
The effort will address all non-recurring activities through the critical design review, to include the delivery, installation, validation and any defined testing of one nacelle ship set. Majority of the work will be carried out in Fort Worth, TX.
Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy and Air Force) funds will be utilized to complete the project. Notably, the deal includes 85% of work for the U.S. Navy and 15% for the Air Force.
A Brief Note on V-22 Jets
Bell-Boeing’s primary product, V-22 Osprey, is a multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical as well as short takeoff and landing capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. This military aircraft has the capacity to carry 24 combat troops or up to 20,000 pounds of internal cargo or 15,000 pounds of external cargo.
The V-22 tiltrotor has been deployed in numerous missions around the world, including casualty evacuation, tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, resupply, VIP transport and theater security cooperation.
Our View
A rapid increase in terror attacks along with the widespread rise of ISIS has compelled nations across the globe to strengthen arsenal and bump up the defense budget. The present U.S. administration is also in favor of raising the defense spending in contrast to the budget sequestration enacted by the prior government.
The fiscal 2019 defense budget proposal worth $716 billion further supports this fact. Thus, it is obvious that defense majors like Boeing and Textron will receive an increased flow of contracts from the Pentagon for their high-end defense equipment. In fact, the latest contract win by Bell-Boeing mirrors the same.
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