The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is the first aircraft designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the Defense Department's four U.S. armed services. The tiltrotor aircraft takes off and lands like a helicopter. Once airborne, its engine nacelles can be rotated to convert the aircraft to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight.
The V-22 Osprey provides unique capabilities offering: increased speed because it's twice as fast as a helicopter. much longer range resulting in greater mission versatility than a helicopter. multi-mission capability: amphibious assault, combat support, long-range special ops infiltration and exfiltration, transport, search and rescue, medevac, and, in the future, tanker capability. The V-22 Osprey aircraft: can transport 24 combat troops or up to 20,000 pounds of internal or external cargo using its medium lift and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities meets U.S. Navy requirements for combat search and rescue, fleet logistics support, and special warfare support matches the U.S. Special Operations Command's requirement for a high-speed, long-range, vertical lift aircraft can be stored aboard an aircraft carrier because the rotors can fold and the wing rotate has air-to-air refueling capability, the cornerstone of the ability to self-deploy Boeing is responsible for the fuselage and all subsystems, digital avionics, and fly-by-wire flight-control systems. Boeing partner Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., is responsible for the wing, transmissions, empennage, rotor systems and engine installation.
The V-22 provides a significant increase in operational range over the legacy systems it will replace and is the only vertical platform capable of rapid self-deployment to any theater of operation worldwide.
For more information, read the V-22 Osprey (PDF) overview.
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