15--V-22 Development Support and Sustainment Products Upgrade

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) plans to issue a Time and Materials task order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-04-G-0007 for support to upcoming OPEVAL testing to include changes to sustainment products (such as engineering documentation) as the result of approved changes to weapon system baseline. The Bell-Boeing Team is the designer, developer, and sole producer of the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft and is the only known source that possesses the engineering data, technical skills and requisite knowledge of the design, fabrication, performance, operation, maintenance and support characteristics of the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. See Note 22