Long-lead items for the Navy Osprey CMV-22: ~$7.0B — when a joint venture is the recipient of record (Bell Boeing, Navy)
The U.S. Navy awarded the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office long-lead items for production Lot 22 of the CMV-22, the Navy variant of the V-22 Osprey, valued at about $7.0 billion. That the recipient of record is a two-company joint venture is itself a feature of this entry.
Contract key facts
- RecipientBoeing
- Contract value$7,039,922,461 (≈$7.04B)
- BranchDefense-wide
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDefense Contract Management Agency
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2016-12-28 〜 2027-04-30
- Contract ID (PIID)N0001917C0015
Contract scope (original)
CMV-22 PRODUCTION LOT 22 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS
Key points
- The Navy ordered long-lead items for production Lot 22 of the CMV-22, the Navy variant of the V-22 Osprey.
- Value ~$7.04B ($7,039,922,461; multi-year cumulative); December 2016 to January 2028.
- The recipient of record is BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE, a venture run jointly by Bell and Boeing.
- Because a joint entity is the recipient, simple sums by company name do not reflect reality.
- The CMV-22 carries people and supplies out to ships at sea.
- A joint venture is recorded as a third identity, neither Bell alone nor Boeing alone, so totals by company stop reflecting reality.
1The CMV-22 variant
The V-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor: by tilting its rotors it takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies forward like a fixed-wing aircraft. The CMV-22 is the Navy variant, carrying people and supplies out to ships at sea. Because the equipment each service needs differs even on a common airframe, production and procurement split by variant.
Where other V-22 contracts this site covers include Marine Corps versions, this one is confined to the Navy variant.
2A joint venture as the recipient
The recipient of record, BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE, is a venture run jointly by Bell and Boeing. When two companies share production of one aircraft, the government may contract with a joint entity as a single point rather than with each company separately. That is why the recipient field in public data shows an entity name rather than a corporate one.
When totaling awards by company, an entry of this shape means a simple sum of company names will not reflect reality.
3What long-lead items covers
The scope names long-lead items for production Lot 22 — securing, ahead of the main production contract, parts that take years to deliver. It is the same reasoning as the advance acquisition contract for aircraft engines that this site also covers. The period runs from December 2016 to January 2028, and the value of about $7.04 billion is the cumulative total across that span.
4When no company name appears in the recipient field
The recipient of record, BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE, is a venture run jointly by Bell and Boeing. When an entity name rather than a corporate one appears in public data, aggregation changes its answer.
Where two companies share production of one aircraft, the government may contract with a joint entity as a single point rather than with each separately. Comparing awards by company requires checking what each name represents. The CMV-22 is the Navy variant of the V-22, carrying people and supplies out to ships at sea, and this contract covers long-lead items for production Lot 22.
Why it matters
Analysis of award recipients turns on how joint-venture entries are handled. Joint ventures acting as the contracting point are common in defense, so discussing company share requires checking what each name represents. The timing of long-lead awards also feeds directly into subcontractor production plans.
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Sources (primary)
This article is an independent organization based on the U.S. official spending data below. Verify the exact, latest details with the official source.
- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：N0001917C0015