V-22 Osprey
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Navy/USMC
Marines To Standardize, Upgrade Diverse V-22 Osprey Fleet
The Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey has been in such high demand that the service has been modifying and tweaking the aircraft on the fly as they came off the production […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards Bell-Boeing $545 Million MV-22 Contract Modification
The Navy on Tuesday awarded the Bell Helicopter [TXT]-Boeing [BA] joint program office a $545 million contract modification for MV-22 aircraft, according to a Defense Department statement. The modification is […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Crisis Response Force Increasingly Dedicated To War On ISIL
The contingent of Marines sent to the Middle East as a crisis response force could become a permanent rotational support force for other U.S. personnel conducting the air campaign against […]
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Army
Boeing Bullish On Rotorcraft Business Following India Deal
Having inked a deal with India for dozens of AH-64 Apache attack and CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift utility helicopters, Boeing [BA] is confident that its military rotorcraft production lines will be […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines Wading Through Audacious Aviation Transition
QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps transitions from 14 years at war back to an expeditionary force capable of worldwide crisis response, its aviation arm is undergoing a near-total […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units
When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack in 2012, the Marine Corps was unable to dispatch a quick-response force before the facility was overrun and four Americans […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps V-22s Operational in Wake of Fatal Crash
The Marine Corps fleet of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors remains operational in the wake of a May 17 crash that killed one and injured more than a dozen other Marines. An […]
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International
Japan Requests $3 Billion In V-22s
The State Department approved a possible $3 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Japan for V-22B Block C Osprey aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support. The […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Aviators ‘Optimistic’ About New Platforms, Netting Their Capabilities Together
The Marine Corps aviation community is nearing the end of upgrading its aircraft despite ongoing budget cuts, but the assistant deputy commandant for aviation said the real game-changer will be […]