Bell Textron Receives $33.6 Million Navy Deal to Upgrade Marine Corps Helicopters
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Bell Textron Receives $33.6 Million Navy Deal to Upgrade Marine Corps Helicopters

The Fort Worth aerospace maker will build structural and power improvement kits for the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom fleet, with work due to wrap in July 2028.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: July 25, 2026, 3:20 PM ET

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Bell Textron Inc., the Fort Worth aerospace maker that pioneered the tiltrotor, received a $33.6 million Navy contract to strengthen and re-power the Marine Corps attack and utility helicopter fleet, as announced on war.gov.