Pentagon Sees Savings in Block Buying From V-22 to Subs

The Defense Department will realize “substantial savings” from further five-year purchases of weaponry, including the V-22 Osprey from Textron Inc. and Boeing Co., the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer told Congress.

Frank Kendall, the department’s acting undersecretary for acquisition, wrote lawmakers yesterday that additional block contracts for the Marine Corps’ V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, the Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarine and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke destroyer and the Army’s CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter meet criteria established by law.