A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey went down in southern Morocco earlier today killing two and injuring two American troops, Reuters is reporting. The aircraft was in Morocco for the annual African Lion exercise that focuses on joint training between American troops and African counterparts.
Grand Ole Osprey
Happy budget day! Yup, the Pentagon’s 2013 budget request officially drops today and according to Reuters, it’s going to ask for $187.8 billion to buy planes and ships while chopping cash for ground vehicles. As we’ve said before, in the 2013 budget, strategic weapons are winning the funding game in the second decade of the 21st […]
I was taking a peek at Lockheed Martin big defense contractors’ recent patent filings the other day when I came accross this whopper. A patent for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft with three wings and six tilting engines, notice I didn’t say tiltrotors. Richard Oliver recently told Aviation Week that a DoD customer was interested […]
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter-maker Lockheed Martin isn’t the only defense contractor going on a PR offensive to hedge against budget cuts to a controversial aircraft. Boeing (and the Marines) just put out a press release touting record amounts of international interest the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor garnered at the Dubai air show. Boeing has discussed […]
Here’s a photo showing two of the Marines newest (and most controversial) aircraft operating from the USS Wasp last week. Yup that’s an MV-22 Osprey pulling up after dropping off Navy Secretary Ray Maybus with an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in the foreground. The SECNAV was among a host of dignitaries and reporters who went […]
