The V-22 Osprey is to receive systems, testing and software support from Raytheon starting this month under a $270 million U.S. Navy contract.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award was issued by the Navy's Air Systems Command and will remain in force until December 2019.

"We have been part of the V-22 program since its start," said Todd Probert, vice president for Raytheon's Mission Support and Modernization business. "Our expertise in modernizing aircraft like V-22 will ensure its pilots have the best tools to be combat effective and return safely.

"We continue to focus on affordable solutions that help our customers sustain and modernize their existing fleets instead of bearing the enormous cost of procuring new platforms."

The V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission tiltrotor aircraft that flies like a fixed-wing aircraft and can land and take off like a helicopter. It was fielded by the U.S. Marine Corps in 2007. The U.S. Air Force also flies the aircraft.

Raytheon says that under the contract, it will provide V-22 with software support and software engineering, avionics integration, testing, and acquisition support.

The services will be performed by Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services at its facility in Indianapolis, Ind. Additional details of the work were not provided.