A “hard clutch engagement” problem prompted the Joint Program Office in February to ground an unspecified number of Ospreys across the services. (Sgt. Joselyn Jimenez/Marine Corps) A problem with the ...
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 ...
Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Sgt. Armando Elizalde/U.S. Marine Corps) The Navy has ...