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 of issues ...

Two reviews published on December 12, 2025, warned that the V-22 Osprey remains exposed to safety risks that could lead to further “catastrophic” mishaps unless the joint program accelerates ...

Material failure was either the cause of or contributing factor in more than half of the serious safety incidents involving the US military’s fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors in recent ...

The MV-22B Osprey is shown here with the Intrepid Tiger II (V)4 (IT II) electronic warfare payload. (US Navy) A review initiated by US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in September 2023 has found ...

Long-running mechanical, faulty metallic alloys in the Prop-Rotor Gear Box and lack of synergy between the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have compounded the V-22 Osprey’s troubles. Faulty ...

A Navy Osprey hovers above North Island in 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Navy) After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report ...

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 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 scrutiny after a ...

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, ...