<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Grand Ole Osprey</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/grand-ole-osprey/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>The Six-Engined VTOL Design</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15977</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>64</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Boeing Keeps Pitching the V-22 Internationally</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/boeing-keeps-pitching-the-v-22-internationally/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/boeing-keeps-pitching-the-v-22-internationally/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:32:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15567</guid> <description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/boeing-keeps-pitching-the-v-22-internationally/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>47</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pic of the Day: Osprey and an F-35B Aboard Wasp</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/27/pic-of-the-day-an-osprey-and-an-f-35b-aboard-wasp/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/27/pic-of-the-day-an-osprey-and-an-f-35b-aboard-wasp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15160</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/27/pic-of-the-day-an-osprey-and-an-f-35b-aboard-wasp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>21</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gallery: The MV-22 at SF Fleet Week</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/tiltrotor-porn-an-mv-22-at-sf-fleet-week/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/tiltrotor-porn-an-mv-22-at-sf-fleet-week/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:14:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14999</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Friday evening everyone! Lets kick off the weekend with this cool photo of an MV-22 flying over San Francisco Bay during the Fleet Week festivities that happened last week. Enjoy! Photo via the San Francisco Chronicle.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/tiltrotor-porn-an-mv-22-at-sf-fleet-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>39</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The CV-22’s 800-mile Afghan CSAR Mission</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/23/the-cv-22s-800-mile-afghan-csar-mission/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/23/the-cv-22s-800-mile-afghan-csar-mission/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:13:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14707</guid> <description><![CDATA[While on a tour of Boeing’s V-22 assembly line Wednesday, DT learned that Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Ospreys performed an impressive combat search and rescue mission in June 2010 — nearly one year before USMC MV-22s rescued the pilot of that F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed in Libya in March. Here are the details [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/23/the-cv-22s-800-mile-afghan-csar-mission/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>88</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The V-22 Osprey and the iPod</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/software-upgrade-gives-v-22-extra-speed-lift/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/software-upgrade-gives-v-22-extra-speed-lift/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:22:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14693</guid> <description><![CDATA[RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — The V-22 Osprey is getting an extra 20-knots of speed and more than 1,00-pounds of lift power without any hardware changes, Boeing officials revealed this week. Instead, engineers simply updated the tiltrotor’s software, boosting the Osprey’s max cruising speed to 260 knots, according to Bull Sunick, Boeing’s V-22 business development manager. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/software-upgrade-gives-v-22-extra-speed-lift/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The U.S.’ Post 9/11 Weapons Tech</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IED War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MRAP Edge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Net-Centric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Being part of Military.com, it wouldn’t be right if we here at DT didn’t do something to recognize the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. We figured we’d list off some of the most significant advances in weaponry that have occurred over the last decade — some driven by the wars spawned by that day, some independent of them. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MV-22 Brings the SECDEF to NYC (Updated)</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/07/mv-22-brings-the-secdef-to-nyc/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/07/mv-22-brings-the-secdef-to-nyc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:28:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14340</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out this shot of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta getting off a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey after arriving in New York City for a visit to the 9/11 Memorial there yesterday. In its earliest combat deployments, the V-22 had a somewhat unwarranted reputation as a VIP taxi that was kept out of harm’s way. However, it does [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/07/mv-22-brings-the-secdef-to-nyc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HMX-1’s Ospreys Getting VIP Kits</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/hmx-1s-mv-22s-getting-vip-kits/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/hmx-1s-mv-22s-getting-vip-kits/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:39:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14213</guid> <description><![CDATA[A while back we reported that HMX-1, the Marine Corps helo squadron that operates the fleet Marine One VH-3s and VH-60 presidential transport choppers, is going to receive 14 MV-22 Ospreys as support aircraft. The MV-22s are set to replace the HMX-1’s old VH-53D Sea Stallions VH-53E Super Stallions (shown below) that are part of the “green top” [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/hmx-1s-mv-22s-getting-vip-kits/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>40</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A V-22 Carried bin Laden to the Vinson</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:49:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You can run...]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13867</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, it was a V-22 Osprey that had the job of ferrying Osama bin Laden’s body from Afghanistan to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian sea where he was dumped overboard, according to an article in The New Yorker that stitches together a ton of details about the tech used in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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