Meet the Codsprey: Navy signs $4 billion contract for new aircraft carrier transport
by Travis J. Tritten
| July 02, 2018 01:19 PM
U.S. troops and supplies will soon have a new way to arrive on aircraft carriers after the Pentagon inked a new $4 billion aircraft contract.
The agreement with Boeing and Bell Helicopter announced Friday includes 39 of a new Navy variant of the V-22 Osprey aircraft, called the CMV-22B, that would land on the massive ship decks and would transport people and supplies.
The job is now handled by C-2A Greyhound turboprop aircraft that use the carrier's catapult and arresting gear to take off and land.
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