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East Coast COD Squadron Receives First CMV-22B Osprey

09-Apr-24 - The newly formed US Navy Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron VRM-40, based out of Norfolk on the East Coast and tasked with Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) to the aircraft carriers, received its first assigned Bell/Boeing CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor #Osprey

Rolls-Royce Engines for Navy and Marine Ospreys

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

CMV-22B First Refueling on Aircraft Carrier

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

HX-21 Test Osprey on LPD-class Ship

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

Sailors Deployed with Marines to Learn the V-22

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

VRM-30 Receives First COD CMV-22B Osprey

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

First Ferry Flight for the COD CMV-22 Osprey

16-Apr-20 - The Osprey variant that will replace the C-2A Greyhound in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission completed its first cross-country flight from Bell factory in Amarillo, Texas to Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland #FerryFlight

First COD CMV-22B Delivered

10-Feb-20 - First of 48 of the latest V-22 Osprey variant to replace the C-2A Greyhound fleet in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission. The CMV-22B will be based at NAS North Island and NAS Norfolk #First

First Flight of Navy COD CMV-22B Osprey

21-Jan-20 - The Bell/Boeing CMV-22B Osprey completed its first flight at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas. The CMV-22B is the new Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) aircraft for the US Navy to replace the C-2A Greyhound in the transport mission between shore bases and aircraft carriers. HX-21 squadron will conduct test flight program. #FirstFlight

Bell Boeing Awarded Contract for First CMV-22B

02-Jan-19 - Bell Boeing awarded contract for 3 CMV-22B for the US Navy carrier onboard delivery (COD) mission to be delivered by October 2023. Part of $4 billion order for 39 Ospreys announced last June #CMV22B

15-Dec-18	US Navy Establishes First CMV-22B Squadron #VRM30
21-Aug-18	Future of US Navy Onboard Delivery Missions
16-Jul-18	First Flight for All US Navy Crew in Osprey #milestone
29-Jun-18	Navy COD CMV-22B Osprey Production Starts #contract
06-Aug-17	CMV-22B Osprey Completes F-35’s Golden Mile #evaluation
08-Aug-16	Vinson Completes Osprey Fleet Battle Experiment
14-Jul-16	Vice President Biden Visits Stennis
13-Jun-16	MV-22 Osprey Flight Operations on USS Carl Vinson
03-Feb-16	V-22 Osprey Navy Variant Known as CMV-22B
15-Aug-12	V-22 on USS Harry S Truman

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Bell CMV-22B Osprey
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East Coast COD Squadron Receives First CMV-22B Osprey

Rolls-Royce Engines for Navy and Marine Ospreys

CMV-22B First Refueling on Aircraft Carrier

HX-21 Test Osprey on LPD-class Ship

Sailors Deployed with Marines to Learn the V-22

VRM-30 Receives First COD CMV-22B Osprey

First Ferry Flight for the COD CMV-22 Osprey

First COD CMV-22B Delivered

First Flight of Navy COD CMV-22B Osprey

Bell Boeing Awarded Contract for First CMV-22B

2020 to present

Bell CMV-22B Osprey in US Navy

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Bell CMV-22B Osprey
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US Navy