The potential applications of the tiltrotor technology perfected in the V-22, moreover, extend beyond military activities.
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Not surprisingly, several of these nations are actively pursuing their own variants of the V-22.
In fact, there are other, compelling reasons to proceed urgently into procurement and deployment of the V-22.
The good news is: The V-22 program did a nice job of live fire testing...being shot at.
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The force in Spain totals about 500 Marines with six V-22 aircraft they can use to move quickly.
Virtually every aspect of the V-22's remarkable technology and development were explored during the course of the symposium.
As members of this Committee are well aware, the Bush Administration has decided to abandon the V-22 tiltrotor program.
But the bottom line is the same -- the United States must proceed with production and operational use of the V-22.
Stevens noted his long-standing support for the V-22, support that was essential at several junctures to keeping the Osprey program alive.
The private sector anticipates myriad uses for V-22 derivatives -- including executive aviation, disaster relief, medevac, short-haul transport, package express, etc.
Civilian uses for the V-22 technology are limited only by the imagination.
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Since coming to office, moreover, the Clinton administration has enunciated a number of policies that have only strengthened the case for the V-22.
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In early 1990, then- Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney was poorly advised and decided to cancel the V-22 program as a cost-saving measure.
Today, the armed forces see the V-22 as appropriate to more than two dozen functions -- including the increasingly important task of drug interdiction.
The tiltrotor technology proven by the V-22 will serve this country, and its men and women in uniform, with distinction for generations to come.
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It joins the US Marines famed V-22 Osprey as the second such aircraft on earth and is the first unmanned aircraft packing the technology.
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Such commonality served both to minimize the costs associated with meeting these various service needs and to help keep the per-unit price of the V-22 affordable.
The size and weight of the ITV was intentionally limited so that it fits inside the cargo area of the Corps' new V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
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This aircraft, dubbed the V-22, is capable of taking off and landing like a helicopter and of transitioning to horizontal flight like a conventional aircraft in mid-air.
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.
The Center for Security Policy has for nearly a decade been a strong advocate of the V-22 and its fullest possible exploitation for both military and civilian purposes.
Click here for the proceedings of the V-22 Roundtable Discussion.
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Such commonality served both to minimize the costs to the government associated with meeting these various service needs and to help keep the per-unit price of the V-22 affordable.
He also signaled his determination to increase the rate at which this V-22 is purchased by the Pentagon -- the next major test for this aircraft and its supporters.
With respect to the last, Captain Dennis Eckenrod , a former Chief Pilot for American Airlines, described the potentially transforming effect of V-22 derivatives on the civil air transportation industry.
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To cite just one, in an era of increasingly gridlocked urban airports and inadequate service to many rural communities following airline deregulation, the V-22 promises cost-effective solutions to intractable transportation problems.
As the Marines begin to operate these aircraft, moreover, it seems certain that the demand for planes with the inherent flexibility, speed, survivability and cost-effectiveness of the V-22 will only grow.
In short, the dictates of common sense, fiscal responsibility and even Defense Department regulations have been seriously disserved by the latest "top-down" restructuring of the V-22 program to a reduced, single-service requirement.
For example, one company widely mentioned as a potential target of activists is Textron, the Providence, Rhode Island-based industrial conglomerate that builds everything from the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor to smart cluster bombs.
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Unfortunately, shortly before it left office, the Bush Administration adopted just such an analytic flim-flam in a last, desperate bid to prevail in a four-year fight with Congress over termination of the V-22.
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