MV-22 Crash May Squeeze An Already Tight Program Schedule

By Thomas Duffy / April 10, 2000 at 5:00 AM
Saturday's crash of a Marine Corps MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft in the Arizona desert will tighten even further a program schedule the service says has very little flexibility. The MV-22 is in the midst of its operational evaluation tests that Marine Corps officials hope will lead to a green light for full-rate production this fall, a decision that may now be postponed, according to a Marine Corps spokeswoman. Operational evaluation tests began last October and are scheduled to finish in June...

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