V-22 Osprey
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Navy/USMCBell Unveils V-247 Autonomous Tiltrotor and It’s the Size of a Huey
Bell [TXT] unveiled the full-size mockup of its V-247 autonomous tiltrotor Sept. 25, and it is much larger than a scale-model suggests. Just outside the company’s booth at the Modern […]
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ArmyConsensus Defense Funding Bill Boosts Army, Navy Rotorcraft Procurement
A consensus spending bill agreed to by U.S. House and Senate budgeters would fully fund military rotorcraft procurement programs and boost funding for Army helicopters and Marine Corps tiltrotors. The […]
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Navy/USMCMilitary Has Florence Surrounded With Ships, Aircraft To Ensure Quick Response
Two U.S. Marine Corps amphibious ships, loaded with 16 helicopter and six V-22s, are tailing Hurricane Florence as it barrels toward the Carolinas so they can deploy inland and immediately […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Awarded $60 Million For CH-53, V-22 FLIR Systems
Raytheon [RTN] took home a five-year $59.7 million contract by the U.S. Navy for support of its forward looking infrared (FLIR) system aboard the CH-53 and V-22 Osprey aircraft, the […]
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ArmyModern Aircraft Modeling Software May Save Army From Past Development Pitfalls
Using modern, high-fidelity computer modeling and simulation software, Army engineers are solving the issues that crashed earlier attempts to develop leap-ahead helicopter technologies, which service officials say should shave time, […]
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Navy/USMCDon’t Go It Alone: A Top U.S. Marine’s Advice For Modernizing On A Budget
QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps continues to, shiplike, slowly turn itself away from the insurgent wars it has fought for nearly two decades toward old-school strategic competition, it […]
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Air ForceWith Billions in Contracts, Boeing Builds $100 Million V-22 Osprey Factory
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Flush with a $4 billion multiyear deal for at least 58 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing [BA] is investing $100 million in a brand-new production line to crank […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Navy Flight Of The MV-22 Osprey
For the first time, an all-Navy crew flew an MV-22 Osprey, flying from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C., last week. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Osprey Variant to Begin Production in $4 Billion Contract
Bell [TXT] Boeing [BA] will begin V-22 work for the U.S. Navy in a contract awarded last week worth $4.2 billion. The new CMV-22B variant will serve as the Navy’s future carrier […]
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ArmyBell: V-280 Built From Scratch As Production-Ready Aircraft
Call it a prototype or an experimental aircraft, but with the V-280 Valor, Bell is offering the Army a vertical lift platform it can take almost directly into production, according […]