29-Dec-22 - Rolls-Royce subsidiary in Indianapolis awarded a $74M Department of Defense contract for 28 AE1107C engines for the US Navy/Marines Osprey fleet #RollsRoyce
25-Nov-20 - 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 #refueling
02-Nov-20 - 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 #LPD
15-Sep-20 - 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 #Kuwait
24-Jun-20 - 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 #COD