Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $7,708,381 for cost-plus- fixed-fee delivery order N0001917F1034 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-17-G-0002) in support of the V-22.  This order provides for the non-recurring engineering and testing for the expansion of the Nickle Cap on the proprotor blades to extend the life and increase readiness for the Marine Corps ($5,268,982; 68 percent); Air Force ($1,472,032; 19 percent), and the government of Japan ($982,685; 13 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in July 2021.  Fiscal 2016 budget program (Air Force); 2017 aircraft procurement (Navy); and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $7,708,381 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.