(Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program has seen its accident rate steadily increase in recent years, according to a new report from congressional auditors, despite heightened ...

There are certain aircraft that refuse to be pigeon-holed. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is one of them. The Osprey is unique among aircraft, being something of a transformer type. It's designed to ...

The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service, multi-mission, medium-lift rotorcraft. The V-22 is a type of aircraft known as a tiltrotor, which is a unique design for a crewed military aircraft. A tiltrotor ...

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

CMV-22 Osprey, assigned to the ‘Sunhawks’ of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, sits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Aug. 13, ...

The Defense Department has struggled to fix issues with the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey, which has experienced higher-than-average accident rates and a string of fatal crashes in recent years. (MC3 Amber ...

Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have gone unaddressed for years by the joint program office, and it may take a decade to complete recommended fixes, as risks continue ...

Anthony Krockel is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel whose most recent assignment was as the commodore of Training Air Wing FIVE responsible for undergraduate flight training for the Navy, Marine ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the Government Accountability Office reported Friday. The ...

The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the average during any of the previous eight years, congressional auditors said, ...