WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Textron Inc's Bell Helicopter unit is being awarded a $546 million U.S. Navy contract for 29 new and refurbished UH and AH helicopters for the Marine Corps, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Sixty percent of the work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and 40 percent at Amarillo, Texas. The work is expected to be completed in July 2013, the Pentagon's daily contract digest said. It said the contract was not competitively procured.
(Reporting by Jim Wolf; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) Keywords: TEXTRON/HELICOPTER USA (Reuters Messaging: jim.wolf.reuters.com@reuters.net; email: jim.wolf@thomsonreuters.com; +1 202 898 8402, fax +1 202 310 5490) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Sixty percent of the work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and 40 percent at Amarillo, Texas. The work is expected to be completed in July 2013, the Pentagon's daily contract digest said. It said the contract was not competitively procured.
(Reporting by Jim Wolf; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) Keywords: TEXTRON/HELICOPTER USA (Reuters Messaging: jim.wolf.reuters.com@reuters.net; email: jim.wolf@thomsonreuters.com; +1 202 898 8402, fax +1 202 310 5490) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.