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Navy Trying Out V-22s On Aircraft Carrier

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

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The U.S. Navy is experimenting with three Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) aircraft carrier to help it prepare for its own future variant of the Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-Boeing [BA] tilt-rotor transport aircraft.The “fleet battle experiment,” which is taking place July 22 to Aug. 4 off the San Diego coast, will guide the Navy in determining how to use the CMV-22B, which is intended to replace the 1960s-era C-2A Greyhound carrier onboard delivery (COD) planes.Cdr.…

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