Bell Boeing Wins $19.8M V-22 Software Support Contract
Takeaways
Key facts from the contract announcement
1. $19.8 Million V-22 Software Order
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office received a $19.79 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order to provide engineering, management, technical, and acquisition support for the V-22 Tactical Software Suite.
2. Support Runs Through April 2030
The order supports V-22 fleet operational readiness for the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, with work scheduled across four U.S. locations through April 2030.
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $19.79 million U.S. Navy order to provide engineering, management, technical, and acquisition support for the V-22 Tactical Software Suite, according to the Naval Air Systems Command contract announcement.
The cost-plus-fixed-fee order, N0001926F0331, was issued under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N0001922G0002. The work is intended to support operational readiness across V-22 fleets operated by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy.
The order is scheduled to run through April 2030.
Scope of the V-22 Tactical Software Suite Contract
The new order covers engineering, management, technical, and acquisition activities associated with sustaining the V-22 Tactical Software Suite.
The announcement does not identify individual software releases, specific upgrades, aircraft configurations, or new software capabilities that will be delivered under the order. It also does not disclose a specific number of aircraft that will receive software support.
The work is therefore focused on sustaining the existing V-22 software capability rather than establishing a publicly identified new aircraft development program.
Software support is particularly important for a multi-service aircraft such as the V-22 because the platform operates in different configurations and fulfills different missions across the services.
NAVAIR’s V-22 Joint Program Office, PMA-275, manages procurement, development, support, fielding, and disposal of V-22 program systems for the Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy.
V-22 Osprey Technical and Operational Context
The V-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing characteristics with airplane-style flight. Its architecture allows the aircraft to transition between helicopter-like and fixed-wing flight modes.
The U.S. military operates several V-22 variants. The Marine Corps MV-22B performs medium-lift assault support missions, while the Air Force CV-22 supports long-range special operations missions. The Navy’s CMV-22B provides long-range aerial logistics and carrier onboard delivery capabilities.
NAVAIR says the V-22 program supports different requirements across the three services, including Marine Corps assault support, Air Force special operations infiltration and resupply, and Navy aerial logistics.
The aircraft also relies heavily on digital flight controls and integrated avionics. Boeing describes the V-22 as incorporating fly-by-wire controls and modern cockpit systems, making software an integral part of aircraft operation and sustainment.
That makes continued software engineering and technical support an important element of the aircraft’s broader sustainment architecture.
Operational Impact on U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Fleets
The order covers a joint fleet rather than a single service. That is significant because the V-22’s three U.S. variants perform different operational roles.
The MV-22B provides the Marine Corps with a medium-lift aircraft for transporting personnel, equipment, and supplies from ships and land bases for combat assault and assault support.
The CV-22 provides Air Force special operations forces with a long-range vertical takeoff and landing capability for insertion, extraction, and support missions. The CMV-22B, meanwhile, provides the Navy with long-range aerial logistics capability, including carrier onboard delivery.
NAVAIR’s recent V-22 comprehensive review also covered the aircraft as a joint capability operated by the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The review, released in December 2025, reaffirmed the platform’s airworthiness under established controls and addressed actions intended to improve safety and readiness.
Against that backdrop, maintaining the software infrastructure supporting the aircraft is part of the wider effort to sustain the operational availability of the V-22 fleet.
Contract Breakdown: Bell Boeing V-22 Award Details
Contract Value
The order is valued at $19,785,639.
The award is a specific order under previously established basic ordering agreement N0001922G0002. The announced value represents this order and should not be interpreted as the value of the broader agreement.
Contractor
The work was awarded to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, based in Amarillo, Texas.
Contract Type
The order is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract action.
Under this structure, allowable costs are reimbursed according to the contract while the contractor receives a negotiated fixed fee. The announcement does not describe this order as a firm-fixed-price award.
Work Locations
Work will be performed at four U.S. locations:
| Location | Share of Work |
|---|---|
| Ridley Park, Pennsylvania | 59% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 30% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 10% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1% |
The largest share of the work, 59%, will be performed in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.
Performance Period
The order is expected to be completed in April 2030.
Funding
The Navy said the award will obligate fiscal 2026 funding from multiple accounts at the time of award.
The announced funding includes:
| Funding Account | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY2026 Operations and Maintenance, Navy | $8,028,373 |
| FY2026 Operations and Maintenance, Air Force | $6,231,511 |
| FY2026 RDT&E, Air Force | $1,824,567 |
| FY2026 RDT&E, Navy | $2,874,307 |
| FY2026 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | $404,306 |
| FY2026 Aircraft Procurement, Navy | $308,333 |
| FY2026 Procurement, Defense-Wide | $114,242 |
| Total | $19,785,639 |
The funding mix reflects the joint-service nature of the work, with both operations and maintenance and research, development, test and evaluation accounts contributing to the order.
Options Or Follow-On Work
The announcement states that the order is expected to be completed in April 2030 and does not identify option periods for this specific action.
It also does not announce additional follow-on orders or a separate software development phase.
Bell Boeing Defense Industrial Base and Acquisition Impact
The award extends industry support for a major U.S. joint-service aircraft program through the end of the decade.
The V-22’s sustainment network already spans multiple locations and organizations because the aircraft is operated by three U.S. military services. NAVAIR describes PMA-275 as responsible for the platform across its procurement, development, support, fielding, and disposal lifecycle.
Boeing also identifies a broader V-22 sustainment and supplier network supporting the aircraft’s operational fleet.
From an acquisition perspective, the order demonstrates that software sustainment is being treated as a continuing requirement within the V-22 lifecycle rather than as a one-time development activity.
The contract also combines operations and maintenance funding with RDT&E and procurement funding. The announcement does not provide enough detail to determine how each individual software activity will be divided among those accounts.
Program Milestones and Next Steps
The immediate milestone is execution of the engineering and technical support covered by order N0001926F0331.
Performance is scheduled to continue through April 2030, with work distributed among facilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Mexico.
The announcement does not disclose specific software release dates, modification schedules, aircraft quantities, or planned capability upgrades.
The broader V-22 program continues to support three U.S. service variants. NAVAIR reported in 2024 that Fleet Readiness Center East had inducted its first Navy CMV-22B for maintenance, allowing the facility to support all three U.S. V-22 variants.
