Bell Boeing V-22

By Brian Everstine
The entire Bell Boeing V-22 fleet has been grounded.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has shifted search operations for the remaining missing crewmembers of a V-22 that crashed near Japan into a recovery mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Japan has grounded its fleet of six MV-22s in response to the crash and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the U.S. military should take the same action.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren, Brian Everstine
A U.S Air Force Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey has crashed into the waters off southwestern Japan, killing at least one of the eight on board.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A reporter riding on a Grumman C-2A considers what is in store for future aircraft carrier delivery.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 was damaged and one crewmember injured in a hard landing near Nellis AFB, Nevada, on Oct. 24.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The settlement includes a $1.539 million payment to whistleblowers who sued Boeing on behalf of the U.S. Defense Department for allegedly making false claims.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is planning to stagger replacements of a troublesome part of the V-22 Osprey’s clutch to limit impacts to the fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The new acting head of the U.S. Marine Corps will elevate the head of safety role to a general officer by next summer amid a review of operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have seen their rates of series aircraft incidents decrease but the cost for each mishap has risen significantly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy are replacing the input quill assembly in the tiltrotor’s gearbox every 800 flight hours.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The 14-aircraft fleet, all based at the JGSDF Camp in Kisarazu, stood down on July 22.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A long-known V-22 gearbox flaw caused the accident, the investigation found.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has returned to sea after nine months of repairs.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps has known since 2010 of a critical safety issue on its V-22 Osprey fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Navy announced in February that it was negotiating a sole-source contract with Bell-Boeing to shut down V-22 production.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The USMC modernization plan for aviation focuses a starting a new loitering munition program and investing in vertical take-off and landing systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
With Osprey orders ending and the Chinook awaiting a major U.S. Army decision, Boeing is devising a new future for its Philadelphia campus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Mercury Systems had a respectable fiscal 3Q, but overshadowing the performance was significant pressure on margins tied to slow-moving development programs.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Metrea’s business case rests on the uncomfortable fact that hundreds of Air Force-owned air refueling aircraft cover only a fraction of the potential demand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s V-22 operators—the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force—have reached the end of their programs of record for the tiltrotor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
One or more experimental aircraft could start flying in 2027 to prove the feasibility of a transporter that can speed up like a jet and land like a helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
DARPA will start a new program aimed at high-speed, runway-independent aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The time-limit restriction now applies to the input quill assemblies inside the engine nacelles for the entire V-22 fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations