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Bell-Boeing Develops Air Filter That Extends V-22 Engine Life

Gally Articola

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

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The Bell Helicopter-Boeing [BA] tandem that develops the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey helped create an air filter-like device that could “double or triple” the lives of V-22 engines by filtering out sand and other tiny particles that enter through air, according to a Bell Helicopter executive. Bell Helicopter Vice President of Military Business Development Rich Linhart told Defense Daily Bell-Boeing originally self-funded development of this filter, known as an inlet barrier, because it discovered sand and other fine particles in theaters like Afghanistan were…

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