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Marine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles

Marine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Sept. 3, 2017 in preparation to support hurricane relief efforts. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado.)

The Marine Corps' newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts need to be replaced to avoid previous incidents. The document said this new Osprey Drive System Safety and Health Instrumentation (ODSSHI) will install sensors in critical areas of the aircraft’s Proprotor Gearbox (PRGB) and drivetrain “to provide vibration signature data that will allow maintenance to forecast the failure of parts and plan to remove those parts…

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