$17M in Spares for USMC Helicopters

UH-1Y (top), AH-1Z

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX received a $17.6 million not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0001) for initial spare parts in support of FY 2005 Lot II UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Work will be performed in Amarillo, TX and is expected to be complete in September 2007. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD issued the contract.

The AH-1Z Super Cobra and UH-1Y Huey are the products of a major H-1 Helicopter Upgrade program, which DID has covered. The specific contract in question was also covered by DID, and provides for initial low rate production of 3 AH-1Z Super Cobras, and 4 UH-1Y aircraft at a cost of $104.2 million (+17.6 = $121.8 million).