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Textron unit gets $13.2M Navy deal

Textron's Bell Helicopter gets $13.2 million Navy deal for services on H-1 aircraft

  • On 11:04 am EDT, Friday October 30, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter received a $13.2 million Navy contract to provide more than 140,000 of engineering services for the H-1 aircraft, the Pentagon said late Thursday.

The contractor will provide onsite training for airframe, avionics and electrical systems for the aircraft.

Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Cherry Point, N.C.; New Orleans, La.; and more and is expected to finish work by October 2012.

Shares of the Providence, R.I., company fell 33 cents to $18.68 in late morning trading Friday.

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