Lean manufacturing to cut V-22 cost, Bell says
The cost of Bell Helicopter Textron's V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft will drop from its current price of about $70 million to about $50 million within the next five years because of lean manufacturing, according to the head of Osprey program partner Bell Helicopter. The V-22 currently costs $73...
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