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The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.

The failure of Operation Eagle Claw during the Iran hostage crisis in 1980 underscored the requirement for a new long-range, high-speed, vertical-takeoff aircraft for the United States Department of Defense. In response, the Joint-service Vertical take-off/landing Experimental (JVX) aircraft program started in 1981. A partnership between Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters was awarded a development contract in 1983 for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. The Bell Boeing team jointly produce the aircraft.^[5] The V-22 first flew in 1989, and began flight testing and design alterations; the complexity and difficulties of being the first tiltrotor for military service led to many years of development.

The United States Marine Corps began crew training for the Osprey in 2000, and fielded it in 2007; it supplemented and then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. The U.S. Air Force fielded their version of the tiltrotor in 2009. Since entering service with the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, the Osprey has been deployed in transportation and medevac operations over Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Kuwait.

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Role	V/STOL military transport aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Bell Helicopter Boeing Defense, Space & Security
First flight	19 March 1989
Introduction	13 June 2007
Status	In service
Primary users	United States Marine Corps United States Air Force United States Navy
Produced	1988–present
Number built	200+ as of 2014
Program cost	US$35.6 billion after planned procurement of 408 aircraft
Unit cost	MV-22: US$72.1 million (flyaway costfor FY2015)
Developed from	Bell XV-15

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General characteristics

• Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers/crew chiefs)
  
• Capacity:
  
  • 24 troops (seated), 32 troops (floor loaded), or
    
  • 20,000 lb (9,070 kg) of internal cargo, or up to 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of external cargo (dual hook)
    
  • 1× Growler light internally transportable ground vehicle
    
  
  
• Length: 57 ft 4 in (17.5 m)
  
• Rotor diameter: 38 ft 0 in (11.6 m)
  
• Wingspan: 45 ft 10 in (14 m)
  
• Width with rotors: 84 ft 7 in (25.8 m)
  
• Height: 22 ft 1 in/6.73 m; overall with nacelles vertical (17 ft 11 in/5.5 m; at top of tailfins)
  
• Disc area: 2,268 ft² (212 m²)
  
• Wing area: 301.4 ft² (28 m²)
  
• Empty weight: 33,140 lb (15,032 kg)
  
• Loaded weight: 47,500 lb (21,500 kg)
  
• Max. takeoff weight: 60,500 lb (27,400 kg) (self-deploy/long runway)
  • Maximum rolling takeoff weight: 57,000 lb (STOL)
    
  • Maximum vertical takeoff weight: 52,600 lb (23,859 kg)
    
  
  

• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Allison T406/AE 1107C-Liberty turboshafts, 6,150 hp (4,590 kW) each
  

Performance

• Maximum speed: 275 knots (509 km/h, 316 mph) at sea level / 305 kn (565 km/h; 351 mph) at 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
  
• Cruise speed: 241 kn (277 mph, 446 km/h) at sea level
  
• Stall speed: 110 kn (126 mph, 204 km/h) in airplane mode
  
• Range: 879 nmi (1,011 mi, 1,627 km)
  
• Combat radius: 390 nmi (426 mi, 722 km)
  
• Ferry range: 1,940 nmi (2,230 mi, 3,590 km) with auxiliary internal fuel tanks
  
• Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
  
• Rate of climb: 2,320–4,000 ft/min (11.8 m/s)
  
• Glide ratio: 4.5:1
  
• Disc loading: 20.9 lb/ft² at 47,500 lb GW (102.23 kg/m²)
  
• Power/mass: 0.259 hp/lb (427 W/kg)
  

Armament

• 1× 7.62 mm (.308 in) M240 machine gun or .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun on ramp, removable
  
• 1× 7.62 mm (.308 in) GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remote control in the Remote Guardian System [optional]