New CMV-22B Osprey "A Game-Changer," Says Navy Air Boss
Howard Altman - Yesterday 6:40 PM
Seven months after receiving its initial operational capability rating (IOC), the Navy’s new CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) platform proved itself a “game-changer” on its first deployment, the Navy’s air boss said at a forum on Naval Aviation Wednesday.
New CMV-22B Osprey "A Game-Changer," Says Navy Air Boss
“With distributed maritime ops, longer ranges, distances between multi-carrier operations, distances from land-based areas, and the ability for the CMV- 22B to plop down on unimproved spaces, it proved to be a game-changer for us on deployment,” Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval Air Forces (NAVAIR) and Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said during a Maritime Security Dialogue event hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies and the U.S. Naval Institute.
The CMV-22B is an adaptation of the MV-22B used by the U.S. Marine Corps as its standard medium-lift assault support aircraft. It was designed to replace the Navy’s existing C-2A Greyhound COD aircraft, a twin-engine, propeller-driven design that first entered service in the mid-1960s.
Whitesell cited several advantages the CMV-22B has over both the Greyhound and the Marine Corps' MV-22 tilt-rotor variant.
Its “increased gas payload” gives it a far greater operating range than MV-22, he said.
It also has a slightly greater range than the Greyhound.
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