
Osprey Upgrades. The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey industry team is working with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to structure a Common Configuration Readiness and Modernization (CCRAM) program to upgrade the tiltrotor aircraft’s airframe, subsystems and engine nacelle components, according to a Bell-Boeing statement. The changes would “improve current aircraft reliability, increase fleet readiness levels, and enhance overall mission performance,” the statement says. If approved, the CCRAM upgrades could start as early as 2018. Bell’s…