V-22's International Role Grows

摘要

The U.S. Navy has ordered the first V-22s for Japan, finalizing the first international sale of the Osprey. Bell Boeing, the strategic alliance of Bell Helicopter and Boeing that builds the tiltrotor, said July 14 that the Navy had awarded it a $332.5-million modification to its current multi-year contract to cover the first five Block C V-22s for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force under the U.S. foreign military sales program. Japan plans to buy 17 of the V-22s.