PARIS AIR SHOW--Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the aircraft's nacelles, changing wiring types, and through nacelle structural upgrades, such as latch changes. "We think the wiring improvements will be huge," Chris Gehler, vice president of Bell’s V-22 Program and deputy program director for the V-22 Bell-Boeing joint venture, said in an interview here. The fleet’s readiness rate, including both…
