Citat:That means Israel and the Marine Corps could order 12 additional V-22s combined, in addition to the six already being negotiated with Israel.
Moreover, Japan has budgeted to buy 17 V-22s in a long-term spending plan released last month, Garrison says.
Bell Helicopter also remains hopeful that the Marines will buy exercise all of the 23 options within the current multi-year deal.
Longer-term, the Navy also is still looking for a replacement for the C-2 Greyhound. The service originally committed to buy 48 HV-22s, but never followed through with a contract.
Izraelci se obucavaju
Citat:The Israeli Air Force trained this week with its American counterpart on the Boeing-made V-22 Osprey plane-copter, which can lift off and land like a helicopter, and can transform mid-flight into a high-speed turboprop aircraft.
The exercise, which concluded on Thursday, also included U.S. Marines and Israel Defense Forces infantry units.
Citat:Mar 10, 2014 USS ASHLAND, At Sea - An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands on the USS Ashland (LSD-4, Feb. 28. The 31st MEU recently embarked upon the three ships of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) Amphibious Ready Group for the regularly-scheduled Spring Patrol. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force of choice for the Asia-Pacific region and is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. Photo By: Sgt. Jonathan G. Wright
Ameri salju u Ugandu 4 CV-22,1 MC-130 i 1 KC-135,kao podrsku trupama AU.
Uz njih su i specijalne jedinice.
Citat:The U.S. is sending CV-22s and refueling aircraft to Uganda to support the African Union (AU) Regional Task Force’s counter-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) mission.
According to Navy Times, four CV-22s will be deployed along with MC-130s and KC-135s
Vozilo "Phantom Badger" koje moze da prevozi V-22
Citat:ST. LOUIS, April 8, 2014 – After a series of successful tests, the U.S. Navy last month certified that the Boeing [NYSE: BA] Phantom Badger combat support vehicle can be transported inside a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. That is another step toward providing warfighters with more options to deploy the versatile vehicle.
Japan,Singapur,Juzna Koreja i Tajvan zainteresovani za V-22
Citat:Japan and Singapore are keen to buy the V-22 with Japan intending to procure 17 of the type over the next five years. Singapore is exploring on maximizing the aircraft’s potential before placing an order.
Citat:DiSebastian said that “we’re looking to put armor protection on those aircraft in under 140 days” and they’re about a third of the way through that.
SOCOM leadership is also working on beefing up the firepower on the aircraft, testing new forward-firing weapons that it wants to put in place by the end of this year.