The V-22 Osprey is a tilt-rotor aircraft that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies like a plane by tilting its wing-mounted rotors to function as propellers. Combining a helicopter's operational flexibility with the greater speed, range, and efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft, the V-22 can perform such missions as troop/cargo transport, amphibious assault, special operations. and search and rescue operations. Begun in FY1982 by the Army and now funded in part by the Air Force, the V-22 has been primarily a Marine Corps program funded by the Navy Department. The aircraft is produced by Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Helicopters, with engines produced by Rolls-Royce/Allison. Flight testing and operational evaluation of pre-production V-22s began in early 1997, with procurement of production aircraft approved in April 1997. The future of the aircraft was at issue in 1989-92, when Secretary of Defense Cheney sought to cancel the program on grounds of affordability. Congress continued to fund the program, however, providing $16.4 billion through FY2004. As of December 31,2003, the Defense Department estimated the program's total cost to be about $48 billion to develop and produce 458 aircraft.


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    Titel :

    V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    C. Bolkcom (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004


    Format / Umfang :

    24 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

    C. Bolkcom | NTIS | 2002


    V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

    C. Bolkcom | NTIS | 2001