The Defense Department should improve information sharing among different services and offices to improve the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft's safety and reduce dangerous or fatal accidents, the ...

After being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight service members in Japan, the V-22 Osprey — a complicated aircraft that flies fast like a plane but converts to land ...

The V-22 Osprey is a unique tiltrotor aircraft that operates as a hybrid between a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. Since its first flight in 1989, the Osprey has become a workhorse aircraft for ...

The Navy has awarded defense and aviation technology company Shift5 a contract to test predictive maintenance technology on the V-22 Osprey, which the company hopes might prevent gearbox catastrophes ...

The military's fleet Bell-Boeing V-22 Ospreys will return to flight status after a three-month grounding, relying on new training and maintenance procedures. However, they will fly with no fix for a ...

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Over a New Mexico training range named the Hornet, two Osprey aircraft speed 100 feet off the ground, banking hard over valleys and hills as they close in on a dusty ...

In the wake of recent high-profile stories covering the V-22 Osprey, aspiring pilots and their families might be led to believe the Osprey is too complex or difficult to fly. That’s just not the case.

Obviously, there are some drawbacks to tiltrotor aircraft. These aircraft are usually larger, heavier, and more expensive ...

Discover how the V-22 Osprey overcomes complex mechanical challenges to combine helicopter vertical takeoff with high-speed ...