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Oneonta Daily Star
March 3, 2018
She said one such project is the V-22 Osprey, a 35-passenger airship that lifts like a helicopter yet flies like an airplane at 300 mph. Fifth-grader Bill Kenne helped her build a cylindrical paper airplane to show that such an aircraft can fly. NASA is also working on the National Aerospace Plane (the X-50),Ãâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 2, 2018
“This will carry a squad of Army soldiers, or a squad of Marines, to an assault area faster and increase the lethality compared to the V-22 [Osprey], which is a larger platform and more of a utility aircraft,” said Jeff Schloesser, a retired Army major general and executive vice president of strategic pursuits forÃâà...
Dallas News
February 23, 2018
Bell was founded in 1935 by Larry Bell and has produced more than 35,000 aircraft over the years, including many for the US. military. More recently, Bell has become known for producing the V-22 Osprey in a partnership with Boeing. The V-22 is a tilt-rotor aircraft that can take off vertically like a helicopter,Ãâà...
Coronado Times Newspaper
February 11, 2018
The replacement aircraft for the C-2 will be the V-22 Osprey. The Navy is proposing to replace the 27 C-2s (stationed aboard both Naval Air Station North Island and Naval Station Norfolk) with 38 V-22s. The capabilities of this new aircraft will allow the Navy to have the logistical support in varied areas.
Naval Technology
February 8, 2018
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded a $69.6m contract modification to the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office for work on the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft under the V-22 common configuration-readiness and modernisation (CC-RAM) programme. The deal will see the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey teamÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
February 7, 2018
CORONADO, Calif. – U.S. Navy officials held an open house in Coronado Wednesday night to address residents' concerns about the impact of a new fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft coming to Naval Air Station North Island. The more versatile tilt-rotor aircraft will eventually replace the aging C-2 GreyhoundÃâà...
WIRED
February 7, 2018
At an airport just north of downtown Philadelphia, test pilots Dan Wells and Paul Edwards fire up a pair of 1,900-horsepower turboshaft engines. Slowly, the aircraft's two rotors, each with three blades and 25 feet in diameter, start to rotate. Pointing straight up, they're soon thumping the air and the ear drumsÃâà...
10News
February 6, 2018
CORONADO, Calif. -- Some Coronado residents are concerned about the Navy's plan to replace its aging C-2 Greyhound planes with the new V-22 Osprey at Naval Base Coronado. The Navy will hold a public meeting at the Coronado Community Center Wednesday night to share the draft of itsÃâà...
AirMed and Rescue Magazine
February 6, 2018
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey team is embarking on a modification effort with the US Marine Corps that will improve readiness and reliability of the fleet of tiltrotor aircraft. The Bell Boeing Joint Program Office has been awarded a $69,668,099 modification to a previously awarded contract. Bell Boeing willÃâà...
Naval Technology
February 5, 2018
The Bell Boeing Joint Program Office has secured a new $69.6m contract modification to upgrade the readiness and reliability of the US Marine Corps' (USMC) V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The V-22 aircraft are being jointly manufactured by US firms Boeing and Textron's subsidiary Bell Helicopter. V-22Ãâà...
Breaking Defense
February 5, 2018
A Marine mechanic at work on the massive engine of a V-22 Osprey in Spain. UPDATED with timeline WASHINGTON: If you're a pilot or mechanic working on the Marine Corps' prized V-22 Osprey, you probably spend a lot of time reinventing the wheel. That's because the 129 MV-22Bs in service come inÃâà...
