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It will feature both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and short take-off and landing (STOL) capabilities. The aircraft can perform take-off and landing operations onshore, as well as on the aircraft carriers, using tri-cycle landing gear, which includes a two-wheeled nose gear and a pair of two-wheeled main gears. The tail configuration will comprise a pair of vertical fins connected by a horizontal tailplane. The CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft will feature a fixed-wing design with two main wings mounted on top of the fuselage.
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It will continue developmental testing with an integrated team led by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21. The developmental test model flew from Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas and landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. The CMV-22B Osprey long-range tiltrotor aircraft incorporates tested tiltrotor capabilities to support carrier fleet operations. The navy received the first CMV-22B Osprey in February 2020. The US Navy is planning to purchase only 44 aircraft versus 48 originally planned under the programme of record.
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Initial operational capability (IOC) of the aircraft is expected to be achieved in 2021, while full operational capability (FOC) is expected to be achieved in 2023. “”The tiltrotor will have a length of 63ft, a wingspan of 84.6ft with rotors running and a height of 22ft.””īell Boeing Joint Program Office was awarded a contract to manufacture 39 CMV-22B aircraft for the US Navy in July 2018 under a $4bn modification to the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft advance acquisition contract.