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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey for U.S. Navy COD Mission Receives Official Designation: CMV-22B.
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The main mission of the COD platform is to provide the Joint Force Maritime
Component Commander with time-critical, long-range aerial logistics support
by transporting personnel, mail and priority cargo from advance bases
to the sea base. The CMV-22B will be the same as the MV-22B with three
additions. It will include an extended-range fuel system, a high-frequency
radio and a public address system. The Osprey secondary Navy missions shouldl include: - Personnel recovery (including SAR) - Special warfare (with US Navy Seals) |
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CMV-22B should have larger external sponsons to fit more fuel inside.
This would be the only physical difference with legacy V-22. Currently, the U.S. Navy has planned for a total of 44 CMV-22B aircraft to be purchased. Production is expected to begin in fiscal 2018 and deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2020. The UK and France are supposedly interested in the V-22 for COD missions as well as we reported recently. |
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