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Where Is The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Being Built?

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 ...
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V-22 Osprey at risk of more 'catastrophic' mishaps, Navy review finds

On the heels of 12 major mishaps in the last four years, the military's first tiltrotor aircraft program must take "immediate and decisive action" to avoid more loss and tragedy, a new comprehensive ...
NBC Connecticut

The U.S. military depends on a unique aircraft called the Osprey. Why are so many of them crashing?

When Evan Strickland was 13, he stood in line with his father for 30 minutes in the New Mexico summer sun for the chance to sit in the cockpit of a V-22 Osprey, a unique twin-rotor aircraft used by ...
NBC Connecticut

Ospreys face flight restrictions through 2025 due to crashes, military tells Congress

The military’s hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025 as the Pentagon addresses safety concerns in the fleet, the head of the program ...
Newsday

Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years

WASHINGTON — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledges that the military failed to address a growing series ...
Aviation Week

Boeing Proposes ISR Mission Module For V-22 Osprey

As the operational tempo of the V-22 Osprey picks up around the world, co-manufacturer Boeing is proposing the aircraft be used as an airborne intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) ...