Textron’s Bell subsidiary and Boeing conducted the maiden flight of the CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas.

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A joint venture between Boeing and Textron’s Bell subsidiary has handed over to the U.S. Marine Corps a customized variant of the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

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Over 375 V-22 Osprey tiltrotors built by a Boeing-Bell Helicopter joint venture have logged 500K operational hours in support of U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force missions.

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Bell and Boeing seek to boost the mission readiness rate of the V-22 Osprey military transport aircraft by 10 percent to 12 percent through structural updates to the nacelle and changes to wiring types, Rotor & Wing International reported Wednesday.

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More than 375 V-22 Osprey tiltrotors, built by a Boeing-Bell Helicopter joint venture, have recorded more than 450K flight hours in support of multiple missions worldwide to date.

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A joint venture of Boeing and Textron's Bell subsidiary has received a two-year, $85.7M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to convert four military tiltrotor aircraft into a new configuration.

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The joint venture of Boeing and Textron’s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has secured a $74.2 million contract to repair 23 items the U.S. Navy uses on the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office will perform work at contractor facilities located in Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridley Park, Pa., through August next year. The Naval Supply Systems Command […] More

A joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter aims to begin the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s midair refueling trials in early 2019 to achieve full service capability in 2020, AIN Online reported Wednesday. The effort to include a refueling function in the Osprey aims to eliminate the reliance of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Air Combat Elements […] More

A joint venture of Bell Helicopter and Boeing has received a $69.6 million modification under a U.S. Navy contract to update the configuration of three MV-22 Osprey aircraft units. Under the modification, the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will apply Block C upgrades to MV-22 aircraft as part of a common configuration-readiness and modernization effort for the V-22 fleet, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Navy […] More

A joint venture between Bell Helicopter and Boeing has received a $23.3 million order to deliver flight test and evaluation services for the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 Osprey aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command obligated the whole amount in fiscal 2018 funds which will not expire upon the conclusion of the current fiscal year, the Defense Department said Tuesday . The company will perform 90 […] More

A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a $20.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to maintain software of the V-22 Osprey joint service, multimission aircraft fleet. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will engineer and provide technical support for  the V-22 flight control system and avionics software, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work also covers flight control […] More

A Boeing–Bell Helicopter joint venture has secured a potential five-year, $18 million contract to render support services for the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 tiltrotor aircraft fleet. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will perform technical analysis, engineering and integration efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work is scheduled to be completed by December 2022 with funds […] More