Bell Boeing Wins More Osprey Work

The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office has been awarded $58,319,151 to provide fleet software sustainment for its V-22 Osprey, the U.S. Defense Dept. said Feb. 14. Contracted by the Naval Air Systems Command, the agreement covers engineering and technical support for the flight control system and on-aircraft avionics software; flight-test planning and coordination of changed avionics and flight control configuration; and upgrade planning of avionics and flight controls, including performance of qualification testing and integration testing on software products.

Most of the work is to be performed at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, with some performed in Fort Worth, Texas. Completion of that work is expected in December 2019. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for the Bell Boeing Osprey.

HAL Signs MoU for new Helo Facility

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has signed a memorandum of understand with India’s Central Public Works Dept. Feb. 17 at Aero India in Bengaluru, HAL said. The department would provide infrastructure development support at HAL’s new Greenfield helicopter facility in Tumakuru. With this understanding, the two organizations are set to execute the first stage of construction.

The new facility would spread across 615 acres of land and house infrastructure for production and testing facilities for the manufacturing of a wide range of helicopters.