With Tweaks and Upgrades, MV-22B Osprey Poised to Add More Might to the Marines

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With Tweaks and Upgrades, MV-22B Osprey Poised to Add More Might to the Marines

By: Gidget Fuentes
February 21, 2019 11:12 AM



SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Technology and weapons upgrades to the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor will give Marines a better edge in the networked battlespace, a combat pilot said last week.

“The Osprey’s mission revolves around one thing… the Marine on the ground. The purpose of the Osprey is to deliver troops, supplies and their equipment to an austere landing zone so they can conduct their mission,” said Capt. Mike “Drago” Miersma, who briefed the MV-22 capabilities at the WEST 2019 conference hosted by the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA.

“The success of the Osprey relies on industry and the military working together to make this aircraft better and to make it an essential part” of the Marine air-ground task force, added Miersma, who serves as the flight leadership standardization evaluator for 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

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