Bell-Boeing wins a $138mn contract to develop Japan's MV-22B Block C tiltrotor aircraft

Bell-Boeing has been awarded a $138mn contract in support of the MV-22B Block C tiltrotor aircraft ordered in 2015 by the government of Japan, the US DoD announced on January 13. "This modification provides for the procurement of non-recurring engineering in support of the development, qualification test, integration, airworthiness substantiation, flight test demonstration, validation/verification and incorporation of the government of Japan (GOJ) configuration into MV-22B Block C," the US DoD said. Read more

MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft return after a long-range raid from Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa as part of Blue Chromite 2017, Nov. 4, 2016
(Credit: USMC/Sergeant Major Michael Cato)

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