A -- A - - Block 20 Upgrades to the CV-22 platform

A- The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, MD intends to contract will Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office (JPO), 44425 Pecan Court Suite 101 California, MD on a sole source basis for nonrecurring engineering and testing associated with, but not limited to the following Block 20 Upgrade changes to CV-22 aircraft: Link 16, Improved Brakes, Line of Sight Communications, Emergency/Reserve Power, Desert Environment Suitability, Improved Payload Peformance, Civil GPS, Aerodynamic Hover Performance Upgrades, Degraded Navigation, Supplemental Oxygen, ALSS Compatible Oxygen Capability, Digital Map Upgrade, Day/NVG Heads Up Display, Terrain Following Below 50 Knots, Communications Switching Unit, Terain Following Logic Improvements, Improved Electro-Optical Nav-Sensor, Suit of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC), Panel Mounted 02 Regulators, Improved Crew Interface of Broadcast Data, MATT Replacement, Communication Co-Site Interference, Cabin Suitability, Troop Commander Antenna, Aircrew Life Support Systems, Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Transponder, and Coupled Terrain Following. The Bell-Boeing team is the sole designer, developer and producer of the V-22 Tilt-Rotor Aircraft. Bell-Boieng is the only source that possesses the engineering and technical