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Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.)
announced on Jan. 22 that it had
received a 2012 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The
Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) issues
the award annually to recognize
suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Hexcel maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of
the 12-month performance period, from Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept.
30, 2012. "We are proud to be recognized by our largest customer
for superior supply performance,"
said Mike Canario, Hexcel VP and
general manager for the Americas.
According to a story at the NavalTechnology.com Web site, dated
Jan. 3, and several other publications, the U.S. Navy has awarded a
modification contract to the BellBoeing Joint Program (Amarillo,
Texas) to develop and deliver 21
additional V-22 Osprey aircraft. Under the $1.4 billion modification
deal, which follows a previously
awarded contract, Bell-Boeing will
supply 17 MV-22 Osprey aircraft
to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)
and four CV-22 aircraft to U.S.
Air Force (USAF) Special Operations. Under the contract terms,
the partnership also will provide
the long-lead components necessary to develop and deliver 19 MV22 tilt-rotor aircraft to the USMC
and 18 CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft
to the USAF in fiscal year 2014,
says the published report. The
composites-intensive aircraft has
been designed to support a wide
range of naval missions, including
combat, search and rescue, fleet
logistics support, special warfare
support and amphibious assault,
as well as long-range "special ops"
infiltration and exfiltration. Work
on this contract is scheduled to
be complete in September 2016,
with the U.S. Naval Air Systems
Command serving as the contracting entity.
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