23 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- The US Navy has extended a supply contract with Michelin Aircraft Tire Corp. in Greenville, South Carolina.
The base contract was issued for $70.3 million and up to 163,581 tyres in October 2000, and Option 1 was exercised for $92.9 million in July 2005. The June 2010 Option 2 award brings the announced total to $264.3 million, of a total value that was originally announced as $366.5 million maximum with all options exercised.
The contract covers 23 separate tyre types aboard V-22 family tilt-rotors; H-60, H-46, and H-53 family helicopters; AV-8B Harrier II and F/A-18 family fighters; EA-6B Prowler jamming aircraft; P-3 Orion maritime patrol planes; and E-2/C-2 family cargo and AWACS planes.
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www.navsup.navy.mil/navsup Home page of Navy Logistics office
Michelin Contracted for Naval Aviation Tires & Support from Defense Industry Daily
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