Bell-Boeing is being awarded $40 million modification contract for the procurement of long-lead components associated with the manufacture and delivery of four fiscal year 2018 Lot 22 MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for the government of Japan.
Work is expected to be completed in September 2018, US department of Defense said in a statement Thursday.
Japan has ordered 17 MV-22 Ospreys and is the first export customer.