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V-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes

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V-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes
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 V-22 Joint Program Office manager expects the Ospreys to finally move back to unrestricted flight operations by the end of 2026 once several component changes to improve safety are implemented, he said during a recent conference. Notably, the metal used in the Osprey’s Proprotor Gearbox (PRGB) is being melted three times to bake out impurities, which industry experts think is “going to reduce the inclusions by about 90%, and which is why it's becoming, I guess you would say,…

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