V-22 Osprey
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Air ForceBell Helicopter Eyes Middle East V-22 Market As It Nears Completion Of Next-Gen Tiltrotor
ABU DHABI – Because of past and ongoing operations in U.S. Central Command, many countries in the region have seen first-hand what the V-22 is capable of in combat and […]
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Navy/USMCMarines To Standardize, Upgrade Diverse V-22 Osprey Fleet
The Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey has been in such high demand that the service has been modifying and tweaking the aircraft on the fly as they came off the production […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Bell-Boeing $545 Million MV-22 Contract Modification
The Navy on Tuesday awarded the Bell Helicopter [TXT]-Boeing [BA] joint program office a $545 million contract modification for MV-22 aircraft, according to a Defense Department statement. The modification is […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Crisis Response Force Increasingly Dedicated To War On ISIL
The contingent of Marines sent to the Middle East as a crisis response force could become a permanent rotational support force for other U.S. personnel conducting the air campaign against […]
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ArmyBoeing Bullish On Rotorcraft Business Following India Deal
Having inked a deal with India for dozens of AH-64 Apache attack and CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift utility helicopters, Boeing [BA] is confident that its military rotorcraft production lines will be […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Wading Through Audacious Aviation Transition
QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps transitions from 14 years at war back to an expeditionary force capable of worldwide crisis response, its aviation arm is undergoing a near-total […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units
When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack in 2012, the Marine Corps was unable to dispatch a quick-response force before the facility was overrun and four Americans […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps V-22s Operational in Wake of Fatal Crash
The Marine Corps fleet of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors remains operational in the wake of a May 17 crash that killed one and injured more than a dozen other Marines. An […]
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InternationalJapan Requests $3 Billion In V-22s
The State Department approved a possible $3 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Japan for V-22B Block C Osprey aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support. The […]