Interestingly, the TW-68 is being developed by a team of designers formerly employed by Bell Helicopter, the company that (together with Boeing Helicopter) has been readying the V-22.
Aggregate funded status at the 100 largest pensions of U.S. publicly-traded companies fell from 79% at year end 2011 to 77% at year-end 2012, according to a Towers Watson report, TW Pension 100, released today.