Rolls-Royce Engines for Navy and Marine Ospreys, 29-Dec-22 : #RollsRoyce Rolls-Royce subsidiary in Indianapolis awarded a $74M Department of Defense contract for 28 AE1107C engines for the US Navy/Marines Osprey fleet
CMV-22B First Refueling on Aircraft Carrier, 25-Nov-20 : #refueling US Navy new transport aircraft, the CMV-22B tilt-rotor, completed first operations aboard an aircraft carrier. Initial operational capability (IOC) planned for next year
HX-21 Test Osprey on LPD-class Ship, 02-Nov-20 : #LPD US Navy’ Air Test and Evaluation Squadron HX-21 completed a 10-day detachment aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21, San Antonio-class) operating Marine MV-22B, Navy CMV-22B, USAF CMV-22B and Presidential Osprey tilt-rotors during 180 shipboard approaches and landings, totaling 45 hours of flight testing
Sailors Deployed with Marines to Learn the V-22, 15-Sep-20 : #Kuwait US Navy aviators transitioning to the CMV-22B Osprey from the C-2 Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission are currently deployed with Marines VMM-166 in Kuwait to gain a better understanding of the aircraft operations
VRM-30 Receives First COD CMV-22B Osprey, 24-Jun-20 : #COD US Navy Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron VRM-30 based at Naval Air Station NAS North Island in San Diego, CA received the first Bell/Boeing CMV-22B Osprey for the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission replacing the C-2A Greyhound
#refueling US Navy new transport aircraft, the CMV-22B tilt-rotor, completed first operations aboard an aircraft carrier. Initial operational capability (IOC) planned for next year
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