[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/h%C3%A9licopt%C3%A8res-50/topic/bellboeing-v22-osprey-consorts-256/?post=25806#post-25806]nico2[/url] a dit le 13/02/2010 à 20:13 :[/b]

[url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/dti/2010/02/01/DT_02_01_2010_p41-197406.xml&headline=MV-22%20and%20ABV%20Meet%20Expectations]MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations[/url]

Un article qui pointe les atouts du V-22 [i]Osprey[/i], tels que perçus sur le terrain en engagement [u]réel[/u].

Malgré une certaine dérive des coûts -notamment d'un point de vue opérationnel- l'appareil est tout à fait pertinent sur le terrain réel.


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[url=http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1958185.html]Bell Helicopter won't ignore its commercial side, new CEO says[/url]

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[quote]A rising tide of spending on the V-22 Osprey and on military helicopters has buoyed Bell Helicopter's revenues and profits, but the company's new chief executive says he will not ignore the commercial helicopter business, which has suffered during the recession. 

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Even with the economy in recession, Bell generated record cash flow, Garrison said, thanks to military revenues and cost-cutting efforts. The company has moved some work to a new facility in Mexico and cut about 300 jobs at its commercial helicopter assembly plant in Canada.

The company also has a record backlog of military orders as it stretches to ramp up production of the V-22 and new Marine H-1 helicopters. Bell delivered 20 V-22s last year and plans to deliver 28 this year, while receiving orders at a rate of 35 per year. Production is expected to peak at 40 V-22s in 2013.

After delivering nine new Marine helicopters last year, Bell expects to deliver 20 this year. It expects to boost production to 28 a year in 2014.

Bell performs the bulk of its engineering and product development work in Fort Worth, where it also manufactures major components for both military and commercial aircraft. The company has about 6,000 employees in the Fort Worth area. It assembles the V-22 and Marine helicopters in Amarillo (Texas).[/quote]


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[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/01/post-4.html]Tilt-Rotors To The Rescue[/url] in Haïti !!

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[quote]U.S. Marines have begun using their tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircraft for the first time on a humanitarian mission in the scramble to bring relief to Haiti.

The first Ospreys began lifting off early yesterday from the amphibious assault ship Nassau cruising off Port-au-Prince with the 2,200 leathernecks from the 24th Marine Expeditionary out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The 24th MEU had been slated for a seven-month Mediterranean cruise to respond to Mideast emergencies, but the 24th was diverted to Haiti to backstop the 22nd MEU that arrived off the Haitian coast last week.[/quote][/quote]