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Marines To Bell-Boeing: Fix V-22 Readiness Problems By 2011

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Friday, September 11th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic RIDLEY PARK, Pa.--With criticism of V-22 Osprey operational costs and readiness rates mounting in Washington, the Marine Corps has asked contractors Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and Boeing [BA] to quickly make the necessary adjustments to the rotorcraft, industry officials here said yesterday. "We've been told to have this readiness thing fixed in the next two years," John Rader, Boeing's V-22 program manager, told Defense Daily during a visit to the company's V-22 production facility here. "We're looking…

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