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By: Cherry Ripe - 19th December 2018 at 09:47 - Edited 19th December 2018 at 09:48

US Navy forms first CMV-22B Squadron

Is there any point in pretending the DoD has a classification process any more? CMV, really?

CMV-22B would indicate that the airframes are conversions of MV-22Bs, with the Navy's additional tankage and new HF radios. They aren't, they are new-production.

CV-22C and problem solved.

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By: TomcatViP - 20th December 2018 at 15:38 - Edited 20th December 2018 at 15:39

Lockheed's CH53K Helicopter Delayed by New Flaws

Among the flaws discovered so far: exhaust gas sucked back into the engine, limited service life for parts for the main rotor gearbox, deficiencies with the tail rotor and driveshaft and late deliveries of redesigned parts.[...]
The program’s restructuring “incorporates solutions for technical challenges,” including for the “exhaust gas re-ingestion” problem, he said. The Navy has “not yet made a formal determination” of a new initial combat capability date, Kuntz said.

The test program has achieved more than 1,200 flight hours, he said. But the program’s flight test pace and achievements were “less than projected” because technical problems were discovered “later than expected” or were not sufficiently resolved, he said.

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