The Aurora concept includes two turbofan fan engines for horizontal thrust and four fans embedded into the blended wing body airframe for vertical lift.
The U.S. Air Force is placing more precautions on its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet after investigators found a catastrophic failure of the aircraft’s gearbox.
Air Force Special Operations Command is considering a shift of CV-22 aviators to other platforms as the fleet faces at least a year of limited operations.
The V-22 fleet will not be fully mission capable until mid-2025 as the aircraft return to flight with strict restrictions and tests of a new clutch beginning.
Upgrades and replacements are coming for the U.S. Marine Corps’ light- and medium-size rotorcraft fleet, along with advanced new uncrewed aircraft systems.
An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.
Naval Air Systems Command announced March 8 that it had issued a flight clearance for the fleet after all operators grounded their V-22s following a November 2023 crash.
The Osprey fleet has since at least 2010 been plagued by an issue of hard-clutch engagement in the proprotor gearbox, which has caused multiple incidents.
The Pentagon will lift its more than 90-day grounding of the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor fleet, the head of a House committee investigating the aircraft announced March 6.
