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Military Quietly Stops Buying Ospreys as Aircraft Faces an Uncertain Future
2023-03-26
[Mil.com] New budget documents for the three military branches that fly the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft show that none has plans to buy any additional airframes, a sign that the Pentagon isn't prioritizing growing the fleet.

While the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force all say that they don't need any new aircraft and that the end of the buy is simply the end of the contract for the services, the news comes at a time when the Osprey is under intense scrutiny over major issues with its gearbox that have caused at least 15 incidents over the life of the aircraft. Concerns over the Osprey led to groundings and now threaten to cost millions in repairs and maintenance.

The office that oversees the Osprey program confirmed to Military.com that there are no plans for new purchases, saying that the office "will complete the MV-22 and CMV-22 programs of record, with deliveries through 2025."
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  What I'm seeing is the V-22's issues seem to come from swiveling a turboprop engine at the end of the wing. The V-280 will have rigid engine mounting with a swivelling rotor gearbox.
CH-47 Chinook's use rigid engine mounting with combiner gear train, and splitting drive train. They still have problems with the gear train, even without a swiveling prop system.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-03-26 11:52  

#13  The blackhawk replacement is another variant of the cv-22.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2023-03-26 10:52  

#12  Staubach Class Missile Frigate.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-26 10:46  

#11  The Milk Class rear echelon entry craft...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-26 09:35  

#10  no slight meant against the Cowboys legacy.

I would name a ship after Tom Landry before I named one after Harvey Milk.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-03-26 09:19  

#9  The USAF has a limited need for V-22 Ospreys, mostly in the unit that supports those "icky" special forces people, so there was never a massive interest in them. Basically a "click bait" article for the Osprey haters...

Mil.com is a private company that has its own agendas on many of the articles it writes as well.
Posted by: magpie   2023-03-26 08:58  

#8  Landing - no slight meant against the Cowboys legacy.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-26 08:55  

#7  Ukraine does not need amphibious Landry ships. We a following the plan outlined in Lindsey Graham’s spittle spaying tirade.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-26 08:52  

#6  Military systems acquisition programs must be scuttled prior to a Trump administration taking office. He must be forced to start from scratch.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-26 08:09  

#5  Given the official insistence that the bird is fine, this is slightly surprising from my POV, but I do not pretend to understand the fiendishly subtle complexities of US military procurement.

What does bother me is this - a few days ago we had a story about the USN putting the brakes on amphibious transport shipbuilding, starting with scheduled replacements for the Whidbey Island class. Now we have production stopping on the way we get the Marines vertically over the beach, a means that has a rather high non-combat attrition rate. (And also keep in mind that the USN has committed to the CMV-22 as its COD platform, albeit for only a 48 airframe purchase.) It may be a matter of me deciding that 2+2= 22, but has the USN quietly decided to ditch part of the amphib mission without actually saying so?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2023-03-26 08:02  

#4  Hate to break it to the V-22 haters but this is the UH-60 Blackhawk replacement.
Posted by: Fleter Crasing2148   2023-03-26 07:03  

#3  Send Ukraine all the close out ospreys for their fall offensive. The platform has been around a while so I am sure inexperienced pilots ought to able to execute the intricate maneuvers required for Miley’s master plan. Include some 8track players with complimentary Ride of the Valkyrie tapes to put the fear into the Russians.
Posted by: Spusose Whaitch5440   2023-03-26 07:00  

#2  Should be renamed the 'Centaur' and sent to the Gama Goat museum. I suspect a lot of GI's are pleased with the apparent phase-out decision. Never much of a hit with the DoS Foreign Military Sales client crowd either.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-26 06:54  

#1  Recent Sandboxx article found at this link.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-26 06:27  

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