Bell Boeing Wins $91 Million V-22 Osprey Flight-Control System Redesign Order

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $90.8 million order from Naval Air Systems Command to continue redesigning and developing the V-22 Osprey flight-control system. The work covers replacement flight-control computers, cockpit interface units and associated test equipment for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and foreign military sales customers. Bell Boeing will also develop software, technical documentation and logistics products needed for future procurement and sustainment of the redesigned system. Work is expected to be completed in October 2030.

V-22 Flight Control System Details

Bell Boeing will continue developing replacement hardware for the V-22’s flight-control computers and cockpit interface units, along with the equipment needed to test the redesigned system. The order is intended to address aging electronic components, cybersecurity requirements and diminishing manufacturing sources so the system can be supported through the fleet’s remaining service life.

The software, documentation and logistics work extends beyond the replacement equipment itself: those products are intended to support later procurement and sustainment. Most of the work will take place in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, and Mesa, Arizona, with smaller portions in Fort Worth, Texas, and other locations in the continental United States.

V-22 Program Background

The Navy’s aircraft procurement budget justification describes the flight-control-system effort as a replacement for obsolete computers with upgraded hardware capable of accommodating future flight-control laws. It identifies scarce replacement components as a readiness and safety concern and says the added processing capacity is intended to support improved aircraft handling qualities.

The redesign sits within a broader V-22 modification program focused on readiness and reliability. The Defense Department’s weapon-system budget overview describes work on common configurations, nacelle improvements and mission networking while also accounting for production-line shutdown activities. The aircraft serves the Marine Corps as the MV-22, the Navy as the CMV-22 and the Air Force as the CV-22.

Award and Contractor Background

Naval Air Systems Command awarded the cost-plus-incentive-fee order on Oct. 15, 2026, without competition. It was placed under Bell Boeing’s V-22 aircraft-support basic ordering agreement, which began in February 2022.

Bell Boeing also has an earlier V-22 flight-control-system redesign order with a potential value of $276.9 million and a potential performance end in July 2028. That work covers the flight-control computer, cockpit interface unit and test equipment, as well as simulation improvements; the new award continues development of the same system. Another order under the current ordering agreement, valued at up to $29.2 million, supports corrections to the V-22 tactical software suite’s avionics and flight controls.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under N0001927F1025 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.