Marine Corps operational testers are working through trials of the V-22 Osprey's new aircraft survivability equipment, with the service aiming to wrap up testing of the system by early calendar year 2017. Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron-1 (VMX-1) has tested the Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (IASE) on its Ospreys for about 40 hours over the course of two test periods so far this year, according to Maj. Alex Hedman, MV-22 lead operational test director at VMX-1. The Marines...
