Bell Boeing receives order for new and upgraded CV-22 training devices

The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter – Textron, has received a $34 million order from the U.S. Air Force for three new CV-22 training devices and an upgrade to an existing device. The new contract will upgrade a CV-22 Cabin Part Task Trainer (CPTT) and two fuselage aircrew/maintenance trainers at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., to create a full-fuselage Cabin Operational Flight Trainer (COFT), ensuring continued concurrency with the aircraft platform. The Bell Boeing V-22 Program also will deliver a new Wing Part Task Trainer to Kirtland. Hurlburt Field, Fla., and Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., will receive two new COFTs. Initial training is expected to begin in mid-2014 at all three bases.