US Marine Corps V-22 Osprey The U.S. Department of Defense has announced plans to station a special operations squadron of CV-22 Osprey a...
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| US Marine Corps V-22 Osprey |
The first three aircraft will arrive in the second half of 2017 with an additional seven aircraft scheduled to arrive by 2021.
The deployment of tilt-rotor aircraft will provide increased capability for U.S. Special Operations forces to respond quickly to crises and contingencies in Japan and across the Asia-Pacific region, including humanitarian crises and natural disasters. Japan has recently requested purchase of 17 Ospreys in a $3 billion deal.
The V-22 Osprey debuts the tiltrotor technology that combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft.
With its rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a helicopter. Once airborne, it can convert to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight.
It is powered by two Rolls-Royce AE1107C turboshaft engines rated at 6,150 shp (4,586 kW) each. Vertical Takeoff Max Gross Weight is 52,600 lbs. (23,859 kg) and has a Max Cruise Speed of 270 kts (500 km/h).
The Osprey serves United States Marines Corps with its MV-22 variant, the U.S. Air Force with its CV-22 variant and the U.S. president with the HMX-1.
The Osprey is built by Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
