Navy celebrated the transformation of a 350,000-square-foot facility outside Philadelphia into a modern factory where company employees will build fuselages for the V-22
tiltrotor aircraft and modernize the MV-22 fleet for the Marines.
CV-22 Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft are undergoing modifications as well, Chitty noted.
Rudder also touched on the Future Vertical Lift program, noting that the Marine Corps would prefer its H-l helicopter replacement to be a
tiltrotor aircraft that could easily pair with the MV-22B Osprey.
The Defense Department has approved a contract modification worth $4.2 billion for V-22
tiltrotor aircraft made under a joint venture between Bell Helicopter and Boeing.
Bell Helicopter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., a producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical-lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary
tiltrotor aircraft.
Tiltrotor aircraft attracted much researchers' attention in the field of aeronautics and astronautics since 1980s [1, 2].
Bell Helicopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical-lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary
tiltrotor aircraft. Globally recognized for world-class customer service, innovation and superior quality, Bell's global workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft in more than 120 countries.
The trip culminated in Philadelphia, home of Boeing's rotorcraft division where the Chinook is built, and where a significant portion of the V-22 Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft is manufactured.
of Longueuil, Que., was awarded a long-term contract by Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland to supply the landing gear for the AW609
TiltRotor aircraft.
One official said the elite Delta Force was used in the mission, and that UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft were involved.
The first civilian
tiltrotor aircraft is now in development and could reach the market by 2017, officials from AgustaWestland announced at Helicopter Association International's Heli-Expo held in Orlando, Florida, in March.