A joint venture between Boeing and Textron's Bell subsidiary has handed over to the U.S. Navy the CMV-22B, an updated variant of a multimission platform built to carry cargo and personnel through aircraft carriers.
Read More »Marine Corps Receives Modified Osprey Aircraft from Boeing-Bell JV
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.
Read More »Raytheon, Air Force to Test AI-Based Osprey Aircraft Maintenance Tool; Todd Probert Quoted
The Department of Defense has tapped Raytheon to help test an artificial intelligence tool designed to predict when U.S. Air Force's CV-22 Osprey tiltrotors will need repair, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. “From an artificial intelligence perspective ... the game is changing really quickly,“ said Todd Probert, vice president of Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business.
Read More »Bell Boeing to Help Maintain USAF, USMC V-22 Fleet Software
A joint venture between Boeing and Textron's Bell Helicopter subsidiary received a two-year, $42.2M U.S. Navy delivery order to provide software sustainment services for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotors used by the Air Force and Marine Corps.
Read More »Moog Lands $85M Navy Contract to Repair V-22 Aircraft Items
Moog secured a three-year, $84.8M contract from the U.S. Navy to repair three V-22 Osprey aircraft items.
Read More »Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey Logs 450K Mission Flight Hours; Chris Gehler Quoted
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.
Read More »Boeing-Bell JV Secures $70M Navy Funds to Update MV-22 Aircraft Configuration
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, …
Read More »Bell Boeing-Built Osprey Fleet Surpasses 400K Flight Hours
The fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, produced by a joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has recorded more than 400,000 flight hours to date. Bell Boeing-built V-22s have supported theater security cooperation, casualty evacuation, tactical aircraft and personnel recovery, disaster response and VIP transport operations worldwide, Boeing said Tuesday. …
Read More »Boeing, Triumph Extend V-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft Support Agreement
Boeing and Triumph Group have entered an agreement to extend the latter’s support for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft under a contract the joint venture of Bell Helicopter and Boeing is slated to negotiate with the U.S. Navy. Bell Boeing and the Navy will work out the third multi-year order for the V-22 program …
Read More »Boeing's John Parker: USAF, Marine Corps Eye Sonic Waves, Laser Weapons for V-22 Fleet
John Parker, manager of tiltrotor business development at Boeing, has said the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force might consider upgrading their fleet of Bell Boeing-built V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with new weapons such as lasers and sonic waves, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. Oriana Pawlyk writes Parker told reporters Tuesday that officials …
Read More »F-35B Planes Complete Operational Test Aboard US Navy Ship; Mark Buongiorno Comments
The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an initial operational test of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II multirole fighter aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney-built F135 engines on board a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship. The six F-35B fighter planes were able to carry out at least 100 takeoffs and landings during …
Read More »Bell Boeing Delivers Osprey Flight Training Simulators to US Marine Corps; Randy Deidrick Comments
Bell Boeing has delivered two MV-22 Osprey flight training simulators to the U.S. Marine Corps' HMX-1 presidential airlift squadron. The simulators have been installed at the squadron's Quantico, Virginia-based headquarters, where aircrews will rehearse operations in a virtual setting, Boeing said Tuesday. Randy Deidrick, director of Boeing's tactical training systems, …
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