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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Retro-Fit of the HMD in V-22 Osprey: NAVAIR Contracting

Who gets those High Brightness Displays first?

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $15,597,818 firm-fixed-price delivery order (0075) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) in support of the V-22 aircraft. This order provides for additional nonrecurring engineering and technical support to forward fit/retrofit engineering change proposal #1007 into the aircraft. This effort will also provide for the delivery of eight helmet mounted display retrofit kits, spares, support equipment, tooling and training devices. Work will be performed at Ridley Park, Pa. (99.9 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2015. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement, U.S. Special Operations Command funding in the amount of $15,597,818 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=93214872f9ba0b57a1fde90e7ca40fd1&tab=core&_cview=0

Excerpt from Proposal:

The Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue a contract action under the Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-12-G-0006 with the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, 401 Tiltrotor Drive, Amarillo, TX 79111 on a sole-source basis for the conclusion of the NRE associated with ECP V-22-1007 as well as the delivery and installation of retrofit kits into CV-22 aircraft for a new Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system that provides enhance situational awareness; and additional capability including head tracking, day capability, and ability to display conformal symbols.

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