Aircraft
Bell Upgrading USAF Osprey Tiltrotor Nacelles
Eyeing long-term maintainability of the USAF Osprey fleet, Bell is swapping out nacelles with ones that are more maintainable, robust.
Bell completed nacelle upgrades on a CV-22 Osprey at its Amarillo Assembly Center facility in December and returned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base. (Photo: Bell)
Bell completed nacelle upgrades on a CV-22 Osprey at its Amarillo Assembly Center facility in December and returned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base. (Photo: Bell)

While winding down its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor deliveries under contract with the U.S. Air Force, Bell is looking to improve the maintainability of the multi-role fleet with a nacelle upgrade program.