The US Department of War (DoW) has announced the award of two contracts totalling nearly $64m to Raytheon and Bell Boeing Joint Project Office for ongoing sustainment and technical support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft.
Raytheon received a $34.4m contract for engineering, technical, and acquisition support services critical to the maintenance of the V-22 Tactical Software Suite.
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These services will support the operational readiness of the entire V-22 fleet operated by the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force.
Work under this contract will be carried out in Indianapolis, Indiana, with completion expected by August 2028.
According to the DoW, funding is being drawn from a combination of Fiscal 2025 and 2026 procurement, operations and maintenance, and research budgets from both Air Force and Navy coffers.
In a parallel effort, Bell Boeing has been awarded $29.7m to deliver loads and dynamics model data for all variants of the V-22.
This technical data is intended to underpin future sustainment decisions, assist with mishap investigations, and facilitate the transition to post-production support and fleet maintenance.
The work, to be conducted at locations in Pennsylvania and Texas, is scheduled for completion in March 2030.
Both awards were placed without competitive tender, according to the contracting authority, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
These contract awards follow NAVAIR’s confirmation in December 2025 of the V-22 Osprey’s airworthiness, which came after a detailed review of the tilt-rotor aircraft’s operational history.
All variants of the V-22 Osprey, including the CV-22 and MV-22, were grounded in December 2023 after an Air Force CV-22 crash near Yakushima, Japan. In April 2024, the US Marine Corps authorised MV-22 Ospreys to resume operations.
The V-22, jointly produced by Boeing and Bell Helicopters, provides medium-lift, multi-mission capability, and serves in roles requiring vertical take-off and landing. It can airlift up to 24 troops or 6,000 pounds of cargo over a combat radius of 430 nautical miles and has a self-deployment ferry range exceeding 2,100 nautical miles.
