The military will be resuming V-22 flights with the understanding that “catastrophic failures due to inclusions is as high as seven per million flight hours”—compared to the standard of one per ten ...
As Boeing works to lift operational restrictions on its V-22 Osprey, the manufacturing titan is exploring a new family of tiltrotor, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones. Unveiled this week at ...
There are certain aircraft that refuse to be pigeon-holed. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is one of them. The Osprey is unique among aircraft, being something of a transformer type. It's designed to ...
The V-22s have been grounded for two weeks following a recent incident, however they are now returning to fly again after the inspection of the Proprotor Gearboxes. The U.S. Air Force and Navy are ...
Would you want to walk into a gun fight only able to shoot at things behind you? Neither do Osprey pilots. That’s why the DoD is outfitting the V-22 tilt-rotor fleet with some new, forward-firing ...
WASHINGTON — There are more problems for the military's V-22 Osprey program. Some lawmakers are calling for the aircraft to be re-grounded amid continuing safety concerns. Three members of the ...
In the wake of recent high-profile stories covering the V-22 Osprey, aspiring pilots and their families might be led to believe the Osprey is too complex or difficult to fly. That’s just not the case.
The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) has cleared its V-22 Osprey fleet to resume flights after an October accident. The accident on Yonaguni Island was attributed to pilot error: failure to activate ...
The Pentagon is temporarily pausing operations again of its V-22 Osprey fleet after weakened metals inside one of the aircraft broke apart in flight in November, causing an engine failure and a near ...