U.S. Navy Budgets For V-22 Clutch Upgrade As It Narrows Down On Root Cause

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Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
The U.S. Navy is planning to begin replacing problematic components of the V-22 tiltrotor’s clutch beginning in 2026, as it says it is narrowing down on a root cause to a long-known safety issue with the Osprey’s transmission. The Osprey fleet has since at least 2010 been plagued by an issue of hard...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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