![]() "The on-time, on-budget delivery of our first Block C aircraft is the latest milestone in our ongoing quest to make the world’s most revolutionary aircraft even more advanced," said John Rader, executive director of the Bell Boeing V-22 Program. Marine Corps has taken delivery of the first MV-22 Osprey produced with the new Block C suite of design upgrades. ![]() 14, 2012 - The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter - Textron, today announced that the U.S. On December 29th 2011 the DoD announced that Bell-Boeing had been awarded a $72.9m contract for long-lead items for twenty-one Lot 17 aircraft (17 MV-22, 4 CV-22). The V-22 achieved 100,000 flight hours milestone in March 2011. The work is expected to be completed in May 2009. On December 9th 2008 the US DoD announced that Bell-Boeing had been awarded a $55 million contract to convert nine MV-22s from Block A to Block B configuration. This was the 92nd MV-22(166723) delivered to the US Marines. On March 13th 2008 Bell-Boeing delivered the 100th V-22 Osprey. The first CV-22 was delivered to the USAF in October 2005. MV-22B aircraft for the government of Japan MV-22B aircraft for the Marine Corps 1 CV-22B for the Air Force and 4 Park City, Utah and in other locations inside and outside the continental U.S., and should be finished by November 2025.įor more information contact the Bell-Boeing JPO online at or Naval Air Systems Command at Development Aircraft 6 V-22 FSDĮngineering Manufacturing & Development Aircraft 4 MV-22 On this order Bell-Boeing will do the work in Fort Worth, McKinney, and Red Oak, Texas Ridley Park, Pa. The MV-22B can transport 24 combat troops and 20,000 pounds of internal cargo, or 15,000 pounds of external cargo. The aircraft also supports naval missions like combat search and rescue, fleet logistics support, special warfare support, amphibious assault, ship-to-objective maneuvers, and sustained operations ashore. Related: 元Harris to provide EW for Special Operations aircraft The Marine Corps MV-22B transports warfighters, equipment, and supplies from ships and land bases for combat assault and assault support. Once airborne, its nacelles rotate forward to transform the aircraft into a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed and high-altitude flight. With its nacelles and rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land, and hover like a helicopter. The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multirole combat aircraft that uses tiltrotor technology to combine the speed and range of a fixed-wing airplane with the vertical performance of a helicopter. Related: Bell-Boeing to upgrade weather radar, electronic warfare (EW) avionics in three MV-22 aircraft The tiltrotor aircraft has triple-redundant fly-by-wire flight control with computerized damage control to isolate damaged areas automatically. The V-22 has a glass cockpit with four multi-function displays that are compatible with night-vision goggles, and one shared central display unit to display various images including: digital maps, imagery from the turreted forward-looking infrared system, primary flight instruments, navigation, and system status. The aircraft has a weather radar, a forward firing ALE-47 airborne countermeasures dispenser system, improved hover coupled features, and an improved environmental conditioning system, compared to earlier versions of the tiltrotor. Related: Avionics upgrades set for 9 Marine Corps MV-22 aircraft
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