V-22 Osprey
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Navy/USMCBell-Boeing Deliver First Modified MV-22 Osprey to Marines
Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] delivered the first modified MV-22 Osprey to the U.S. Marine Corps as part of a program to upgrade older aircraft and reduce the number of […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Showcases Virtual Reality Trainer for V-22 Maintainers at Orlando Conference
Raytheon [RTN] unveiled a virtual reality (VR) version of its portable V-22 trainer on Dec. 2 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Fla. The Aircraft […]
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Navy/USMCBell Aims at Increasing V-22 Mission Readiness Rates by 10 to 12 Percent
PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]
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Navy/USMCUPDATED: Half of US V-22s Can’t Fly And That Won’t Improve ‘Soon Enough’
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Just over half of the U.S. military’s V-22 Ospreys are ready to fly missions at any given time and the service doesn’t plan to hit its […]
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Navy/USMCV-22 Program Seeks Savings In Foreign Customers, But 2020 Deadline Looms
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Having Japan as a foreign military sales partner on the V-22 could end up saving the U.S. government $60 million or more over the life of the program, […]
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Navy/USMCAt 30, Osprey Matures Beyond Controversy to Become Most Sought-After U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft
Thirty years ago, on March 19, 1989, the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] V-22 Osprey first broke contact with the ground, initiating a program that would suffer tragic trials before entering service […]
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Navy/USMCBell Sees Potential For V-22 Production Beyond 2025
Foreseeing the possibility that the service will find use for the tiltrotor aircraft outside of carrier onboard delivery (COD) missions, Bell [TXT] hopes to extend production of the V-22 Osprey […]
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ArmyBoeing, Partners End 2018 With Billion-Dollar Rotorcraft Work Windfall
Atop winning several of the largest and most contentious military acquisition competitions of 2018, Boeing [BA] in the month of December alone took home a share of nearly $2 billion […]
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Navy/USMCBell Unveils V-247 Autonomous Tiltrotor and It’s the Size of a Huey
Bell [TXT] unveiled the full-size mockup of its V-247 autonomous tiltrotor Sept. 25, and it is much larger than a scale-model suggests. Just outside the company’s booth at the Modern […]
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ArmyConsensus Defense Funding Bill Boosts Army, Navy Rotorcraft Procurement
A consensus spending bill agreed to by U.S. House and Senate budgeters would fully fund military rotorcraft procurement programs and boost funding for Army helicopters and Marine Corps tiltrotors. The […]