CV-22 Flight Demo Planned For New Forward-Firing Gun

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Credit: USMC
A decade-long pursuit of a forward-firing gun system for the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor aircraft is moving toward a flying experiment. A new solicitation document reveals the existence of a planned flight demonstration of a “forward defensive weapon system” for the CV-22, the variant operated by the...

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