V-22 Osprey Production Is Headed For A Premature Shutdown If Congress Doesn’t Act
Loren Thompson
Senior Contributor
Apr 6, 2023,10:13am EDT
The V-22 Osprey is unique among the world’s aircraft in combining the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turboprop airplane. It accomplishes this feat by tilting its twin engines after takeoff so that the rotors are faced forward rather than upward.
It’s a simple idea that contractors BoeingBA +0.7% and Bell/TextronTXT -0.3% have refined to a point where the Osprey isn’t just the most agile aircraft in the joint fleet—it is also one of the safest. Boeing and Bell/Textron both contribute to my think tank.
The Marine Corps has transformed its operations by replacing conventional helicopters with the V-22. Air Force special operators have used a longer-range variant to execute missions that previously were not feasible. And the Navy is replacing the turboprops that supplied aircraft carriers at sea with its own version.
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