U.S. AIR FORCE AND NAVY ORDER INTEGRATED AVIONICS PROCESSORS FOR V-22 TILTROTORS
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The U.S. Navy has awarded EFW of Fort Worth, Texas, a $17.8-million firm-fixed-price delivery order (N00019-19-F-2793) under a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-17-G-0014) for the procurement of 132 V-22 integrated avionics processors (IAPs) for the Navy (106) and Air Force (26).
The contracted work will be performed in Haifa, Israel (75 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2021.
The full $17.8 million in U.S. Air Force and Navy Fiscal Year 2019 aircraft Procurement and Navy Working Capital funds is obligated at the time of the award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This order combines purchases for the Navy ($14,318,317; 80 percent) and Air Force ($3,486,701; 20 percent). The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.