Navy orders four more CMV-22B variant aircraft in $309.5M deal
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A CMV-22B Osprey helicopter four more of which have been ordered by the U.S. military takes off from the USS Carl Vinson in November during the aircraft s first operations aboard an aircraft carrier. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy
March 1 (UPI) The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office received a $309.5 million Navy contract to deliver four CMV-22B Osprey helicopters, the Defense Department said last week.
The multi-mission, tiltrotor helicopter features vertical takeoff and landing, and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
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A variant of the MV-22B, introduced in 2007, it is replacement for the C-2A Greyhound helicopter for deliveries to aircraft carriers, known as the Carrier Onboard Delivery, or COD, mission.