After the disastrous 1980 hostage crisis in Iran, the United States recognized the need for an aircraft capable of taking off ...

Summary: The V-22 Osprey, a unique tiltrotor aircraft of the U.S. military, combines the vertical takeoff and landing capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a jet. It serves as a ...

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The JVX program, long since redesignated the V-22 Osprey, began in fiscal 1982, but this aircraft is really an outgrowth of Bell tiltrotor efforts dating from the late 1940s. The V-22 first flew in ...

The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 people. The ...

Two of the three companies sued over the V-22 Osprey crash that killed a Pittsfield airman intend to employ the "government contractor defense" to avoid liability. On behalf of her late husband's ...

Valued at $18.7 million, the contract is expected to be completed by November 2029. Per the terms of the deal, Bell-Boeing will be engaged in offering research, development, test, evaluation, program ...

During my 29-year career in aerospace, I was given the opportunity to work multiple military programs. The most satisfying was supporting the V-22 Osprey Program as Contract Manager in the Delaware ...

The families of four Marines who died in a V-22 Osprey crash in California on June 8, 2022, have filed a lawsuit accusing the manufacturers of the twin-rotor military aircraft of negligence. In a ...

The V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft that Bell is planning to build for the U.S. Army was reflected in rain water after demonstrating its skills at the Bell Flight Research Center in Arlington. Tom Fox ...

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The estate of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob "Jake" Galliher, a Pittsfield airman killed in a V-22 Osprey crash a year ago, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against its ...