Aircraft
U.S. Navy Receives First Osprey Tiltorotor
The carrier onboard delivery version of the tiltrotor has greater internal fuel capacity than the Marine and Air Force versions.
The first CMV-22B arrives at Patuxent River after its ferry flight from Amarillo.
The first CMV-22B arrives at Patuxent River after its ferry flight from Amarillo.

Bell Boeing delivered the first of a planned 48 CMV-22B Ospreys to the U.S. Navy on February 10, the aircraft having first flown late in 2019. Handed over at the factory in Amarillo, Texas, the aircraft will go to U.S. Navy squadron HX-21 “Blackjack” at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, for developmental test and evaluation trials. The variant is intended to replace the aging Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhound in the carrier onboard delivery (COD) role, ferrying passengers and cargo between ship and shore.


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