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Boeing Opens New $115 Million V-22 Osprey Production Facility

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

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Boeing Opens New $115 Million V-22 Osprey Production Facility

The first MV-22 to undergo the CC-RAM upgrade process at Boeing's new V-22 production facility in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. --Boeing [BA] on Thursday officially opened a new $115 million facility for the V-22 Osprey that will serve as the home for the Marine Corps’ effort to improve readiness of the tiltrotor aircraft by upgrading platforms to a common Block C configuration. The new factory, located just outside of Philadelphia, will also house fuselage production for new V-22’s for the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force as well as current international partner Japan. Boeing, which builds the…

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