08/01/2026
It’s exciting to see a $300 million investment for Bell to implement the U.S. Marine Corps’ SPINE upgrade on 49 H-1 aircraft at its Amarillo Assembly Center!
This investment strengthens our military, supports high-paying jobs in Amarillo, and ensures our Marines have the NEXT-GENERATION capabilities they need to win.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) announced that as a result of funding he helped secure in the Fiscal Year 2026 defense appropriations bill, Bell Textron Inc. was awarded a contract to support the Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects (SPINE) program, a cr.....