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ReportThe first CV-22 Osprey delivered to US Air Force
Washington, USA - The tilt-rotor will be soon used in Afganistan and Iraq
Bell Boeing delivered the first tilt-rotor CV-22 Osprey to the US Air Force (see for details AVIONEWS). The aircraft, an hybrid between a plane and a helicopter, will be used for long range infiltration... more
ReportNext year Osprey will be operative in war zones
Washington, USA - Marine's corps gave the announcement
US Marine’s Corps made known that by one year the Osprey aircraft, a hybrid vehicle between a plane and a helicopter, will be in service in war zones. The aircraft has at the end of the wings two mobile r... more
ReportOsprey: new naval units devoted to the military tilt-rotor
Washington, USA - The USS San Antonio class ships will be able to carry up to three MV-22 of Marine Corps
When the MV-22 Osprey enters service with Marine Corps in 2007, a new air carrier class will have been waiting for it: the USS San Antonio. It deals with naval units devoted to expeditionary forces and... more
ReportOsprey: "It will deliver the deadliest of weapon systems: US Marines"
Washington, USA - Marine Corps' officers appear convinced of it as this is the major customer of the military tilt-rotor
Marine Corps has taken delivery of an improved version of the V-22 Osprey with measures involving softwares, maintenance and reliability. It deals with the major customer of the military tilt-rotor jointly... more
ReportNBAA: Bell and AgustaWestland show the BA-609
Orlando, USA - A mock-up of the tilt-rotor is being exhibited together with a VIP version of the AB-139 helicopter
Bell and AgustaWestland are showing the BA-609 civil tilt-rotor during the 58th edition of NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) being held in Orlando (Florida, USA) from November 9 to 11. The... more
ReportV-22: damages up to USD 1m due to ice
Washington, USA – Technicians ensured that the operational versions will be provided with de-icing systems anyway
Cost of damages affecting recently the power plant of a Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor in the USA, forced to land after a sudden failure during a flight with bad weather conditions (see for details... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: non-profit association warned about de-icing
Washington, USA – Following an emergency landing occurred on last October 18 but programme representatives downsized its relevance
A CV-22 Osprey destined to US Air Force would have performed an emergency landing on last October 18, following a problem affecting its powerplant which could have been caused by ice on the engine nacelles.... more
ReportThe V-22 will not compete for the CSAR-X programme
Washington, USA – Boeing and Bell decided to withdraw as USAF does not need an aircraft provided with high speed and long range
Boeing and Bell, as the US V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor makers, decided to avoid to compete for the US Air Force CSAR-X (Combat Search and Rescue) programme bid (see for details AVIONEWS). The indicate... more
ReportMarine Corps gets ready to take delivery of the Ospreys
Washington, USA - Some 360 tilt-rotors have been ordered and they will be delivered within about six years
Marine Corps is getting ready to take delivery of the first MV-22 Ospreys when considering the start if full production for the military tilt-rotors jointly produced by Bell and Boeing. There are some... more
ReportThe V-22 "unleashes hell" on mission...but also US Islamic community's rage
Washington, USA – An advertisement depicting a Osprey operating over a mosque rose US Islamic associations' protests
A remarkable gaffe was made by Boeing and Bell in promoting the V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor. By an advertisement, an aircraft of this type is depicted while one mission being in hovering just few dozens... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: here is the Pentagon's green light for mass production
Washington, USA – Great fulfilment by both Boeing and Bell programme representatives
"The most versatile aircraft in the world and whose production enables tilt-rotor technology to come to life in a big way". The V-22 Osprey programme representatives from both Boeing and Bell welcomed... more
ReportUSAF: first CV-22 Osprey has been delivered
Washington, USA – The armed force to have some 50 military tilt-rotors of this type available by 2009
Bell and Boeing delivered to the first out of the 50 CV-22 Ospreys ordered by US Air Force. The military tilt-rotor will achieve its full combat readiness in 2009 and will be deployed in particularly hard... more
ReportBell-Boeing awarded an almost USD 9m contract
Washington, USA - For the spare parts of the CV-22 Osprey
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded an $8,829,289 ceiling priced order contract for spares for the CV-22 Osprey. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa. (69 percent)... more
ReportBA-609: nothing to envy to a turboprop
Fort Worth, USA - First flight with horizontally-set engine nacelles for the Bell/Agusta civil tilt-rotor
The first civil tilt-rotor ever designed, the Bell/Agusta BA-609, aims its rotors forward and finally shows it can fly like a real fix-winged aircraft faster than any other conventional helicopter. The... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: tests accomplished, bound for mass-production
Washington, USA - The announcement for the manufacturing is awaited in September after 750 h trials in all operational conditions
Operational tests for the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor were accomplished after 750 hours flying in all weather and environmental conditions, with aerial refuelling trials and activities... more
ReportOsprey: maritime operational re-deployment for eight military tilt-rotors
Washington, USA - The most important evaluation ever performed on the vehicle is being carried out in the Atlantic Ocean in these days
US USS Bataan air-carrier is currently far from the US Eastern coasts in the Atlantic Ocean, with several aircraft on board among which some eight MV-22 Ospreys, as the version of the well known tilt-rotor... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: titanium components "charged" in the USA
Washington, USA - Magistracy started investigating on the lack of certification for some parts of the military tilt-rotor
US magistracy is investigating on the possible provision of non-certified components for the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor. Some persons would have been charged for favouring the supply and... more
ReportA new test flight for the BA-609
Arlington, USA - A major step towards the first horizontal flight test for the Bell/AgustaWestland civil tilt-rotor
The Bell/AgustaWestland AB-609 tilt-rotor for civil purposes accomplished another flight after about three years from the last aerial test. The trial was performed at the US helicopter company facility... more
ReportThe V-22 Osprey ready to face cold
Washington, USA - The tilt-rotor's test flights with low temperatures and ice forming on the vehicle's surface have been accomplished
Despite the war events occurred during the last years got us used to think about a typically desert, rocky and particularly hot battlefield for the US armed forces the new means destined to revolutionize... more
ReportOsprey closer to operational tests for Marine Corps
Washington, USA - Trust for the aircraft's capabilities and reliability
All is ready now for the beginning of operational tests of the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey. Personnel responsible for the programme proves trustful with reference to expectations regarding the aircraft’s per... more
ReportBA-609: Archangel System to cooperate for the production of the civil tilt rotor
Washington, USA - It will attend to the provision of components for the aircraft's fly-by-wire system
Bell Helicopter selected Archangel Systems among the providers of systems for flight control devoted to the BA-609 civil tilt rotor. Such vehicle, as well known, is currently under development by the collaboration... more
ReportThe final decision on the V-22 Osprey to be considered in June
Washington, USA - Responsibles for the programme to decide if the mass production can be started during the last tests scheduled early in Summer
June will prove a major period for the future of the Boeing/Bell V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor. The last tests on the aircraft will be performed just at that time, whereas the US armed forces which requested... more
ReportV-22 Osprey mass production preparation started
Amarillo, USA - Bell announced it intends to transfer the construction and assembly activities for the tilt-rotor's components to a larger facility
Bell announced it intends to transfer the manufacturing and assembly activities for its V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor, being produced together with Boeing, from Fort Worth facility to the one located... more
ReportMarine Corps exalted the speed capability of the V-22 Osprey
Washington, USA - The first crews flying such military tilt-rotor prove excited about such major feature
Marine Corps commented for the first time on the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor after the initial test stages within operative simulated missions. Several crews had the opportunity of flying... more
ReportDeck landing tests for the V-22 Osprey
Washington, Usa - Tests aimed to verify the concrete operative capabilities of the military tilt-rotor go on
The Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey was recently involved by a series of tests to verify the vehicle's capabilities in performing landings on the air carrier's decks. In addition to such appraisals, further tests... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: USAF needs 50
Washington, USA - Supports for the military tilt-rotor developed by Bell and Boeing are rising in the United States
After the positive comment put forward by US Air Force’s Chief of General Staff John P. Jumper during the last days, with reference to his personal experience in flight aboard the V-22 Osprey military t... more
ReportUSAF Chief of General Staff flying aboard the Osprey
Washington, USA - Gen. Jumper would have exalted the combination of operative advantages, quite beyond the difference between fixed and rotor wing
US Air Force Chief of General Staff, Gen John P. Jumper, performed his first flight aboard the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor, underlining how he had been trying for three to seize the right... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: first positive considerations by the Marine Corps
Miramar Air Base, USA - Pilots prove enthusiastic about the vehicle's performance, as it is destined to replace the CH-46s and the CH-53s
The showing of the V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor to the Marine Corps goes on in the United States. After the beginning of the first operative tests for the vehicle (see for details AVIONEWS), also the... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: operative tests in Iraq-like environmental conditions
Las Vegas, USA - Tests would have already started at the Nellis Air Base
It had already been announced: the V-22 Osprey would have been involved in a massive evaluation programme regarding its concrete operative capabilities in the short period, after the criticism shown by... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: doubts on the operative capabilities of the vehicle
Washington, USA – They would have been put forward by engineers and soldiers though others would think this aircraft can fully meet the operative exigencies
Doubts about the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the tilt-rotor destined in particular to the Marine Corps for the performance of special missions in still remain in difficult circumstances. According to some... more