NAVAIR Hunting For Foreign V-22 Sales To Beef Up Third Multiyear Buy

By James Drew / April 15, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Naval Air Systems Command's V-22 joint program office is looking to enlist as many foreign buyers as possible ahead of its third multiyear procurement in 2018 for Navy versions of the Bell-Boeing Osprey to drive down the unit cost. NAVAIR is also waiting on a funding commitment from the Air Force for more special operations CV-22s. Air Force Special Operations Command has expressed interest in acquiring up to four extra tiltrotor transports as an attrition reserve, bringing the total Air...

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