Naval Air Systems Command awarded the Bell Boeing Program Office Phase I of a two-phase Joint Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command to support the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Phase I of the contract, valued at $581 million, provides integrated logistics support for the V-22 over a five-year period and includes program management, site activation, maintenance planning and supportability analysis, technical data, in-service engineering and logistics, training and trainer support, support equipment, and dedicated and deployable squadron support. The second phase of the V-22 Joint PBL contract award, expected to be announced in mid-2010, will include supply chain management for the V-22, which encompasses the purchase, repair, stocking, and delivery of spare and repair parts.