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Navy/USMC

Bell-Boeing Deliver First Modified MV-22 Osprey to Marines

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

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Bell-Boeing Deliver First Modified MV-22 Osprey to Marines

Bell-Boeing delivers the first modified aircraft in CC-RAM back to the Marines. (Bell-Boeing)

Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] delivered the first modified MV-22 Osprey to the U.S. Marine Corps as part of a program to upgrade older aircraft and reduce the number of configurations present in the force, the companies said on Wednesday. Through the Common Configuration Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) program, Bell-Boeing team plans to upgrade most or all of the Marines’ 129 Block B aircraft — delivered in 70 configurations, incorporating new technology to each aircraft as it became available —…

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