V-22 will fly with restrictions until 2026
“We had some learning in the middle,” said V-22 Program Manager Marine Corps Col. Robert Hurst, “and that learning in the middle took us from the summer of ‘25 to start in the spring of ‘26.”
‘Considerable’ effects: How the Osprey groundings hit one Navy wing
Capt. Andrew Beard said his aircraft are divided into two fleets: those with gearboxes under 400 flights hour and those above 400 flight hours, the former of which have more restrictions.
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
Why adding the Osprey to the Atlantic Naval Air Force matters
Analyst Robbin Laird writes that the CMV-22B "provides significant help with the challenge of contested logistics — a challenge that is only going to get worse with the Navy focused on distributed operations."
V-22 Ospreys barred from full mission capability until ‘mid-2025’: NAVAIR boss
“I’ll assure you folks that we’re not going to let this matter drop,” House Oversight subcommittee chairman Glenn Grothman, R-Wisc., told families of victims who attended a congressional hearing today on the safety of the V-22 Osprey.
New Pentagon report censors details on weapons programs’ performance, flaws
"By caving to pressure inside the Pentagon and hiding unclassified information behind a pseudo classification, the current leaders of DOT&E are undermining the effectiveness of their own agency," said Dan Grazier, a fellow with the Project on Government Oversight.
Destroyer, JADC2 Top Navy Unfunded Requirements
The Navy also asks for five additional F-35C fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye and 4 CMV-22s.
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Navigation warfare is about the battle to assure positioning, navigation, and timing
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Navy Gets First Bell-Boeing CMV-22B: What It Means
The Navy's Osprey differs from the Marine Corps and Air Force versions, boasting an enhanced fuel capacity, which required wing modifications to deal with the greater weight.
Aircraft Dominate Navy Unfunded List; Still No New Ships
WASHINGTON: New aircraft make up half the Navy’s $5.3 billion unfunded requirements list of items that didn’t fit in the 2018 budget request. But while the wishlist includes several upgrades to existing vessels, as well as new landing craft and barges, it doesn’t ask for any new warships. Instead of ships, the unfunded requirements list prioritizes […]
Tiltrotor Touters Hope First Sea Lord Is Easy Prey
The decline in V-22 Osprey orders from the U.S. military in coming years means the tiltrotor transport’s manufacturers are likely to spend a lot of time wooing foreign military officers at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition May 16-18 at National Harbor, Md. – especially Britain’s new First Sea Lord, Adm. Sir Philip Jones. Representatives from Bell Helicopter […]
Magical Navy V-22 Buy: Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don’t
A recent University of Michigan study found that poor families often pay higher prices for necessities because they lack enough cash on hand to make bulk purchases at lower unit prices. This “poverty penalty” could soon apply in defense acquisition. A potential case in point: The V-22 Osprey tiltrotor transport. After years of hesitation, the […]
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V-22 Perfect For COD: Navy Leaders
CRYSTAL CITY: Nudge nudge, wink wink, we love V-22s, Navy officials said here today. We couldn’t possibly confirm the Breaking Defense report that the service’s 2016 budget request buys V-22 Ospreys for the Carrier Onboard Delivery mission, they said, but if hypothetically the Navy happened to choose the V-22 to shuttle people and supplies to […]
Navy Decides to Buy V-22 Ospreys for Carrier Delivery
The Navy will buy V-22 Osprey tiltrotors to replace its aging C-2A Greyhound turboprop aircraft in flying carrier on board delivery (COD) missions. Breaking Defense obtained a Jan. 5 memo, signed by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford. It stipulates that […]