Bell Lands Half-Billion-Dollar Contract For Helicopters

A UH-1Y Huey helicopter flies into the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, after a search and rescue operation May 13. A UH-1Y Huey assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, carrying six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers, went missing while conducting humanitarian assistance after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake May 12. The Marines with HMLA-469, currently part of Joint Task Force 505 participating in operation Sahayogi Haat, responded in support of the government of Nepal after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country April 25. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Thor J. Larson/Released)

(Fort Worth, TX) — Bell is the recipient of an order for more than two dozen military helicopters worth half-a-billion dollars.

The Department of Defense announced the deal on Thursday.

The contract is for the production and delivery of 29 helicopters for the Marine Corps’ H-1 upgrade program.

Bell’s Fort Worth plant will do 60 percent of the work, with the rest to be done in Amarillo.

The job is expected to be done by early 2021.