Osprey's Weapons Not Ready to Shoot?

nhboy

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"The Osprey tilt-rotor is in the news again, and not in a good way. This time it's the Government Accountability Office's report on the Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) mortar that the Osprey is supposed to carry. Bottom line:

Since the original acquisition program cost and schedule estimate was approved in 2004, costs have increased by $15.5 million and the schedule has been extended by nearly 2 years.

Being able to transport a 120mm mortar swiftly into action is part of the Osprey's justification -- but it can't do that until the EFSS is ready. Unfortunately delays and cost overruns seems to strike everything around the Osprey, and the scale of the problem is quite breathtaking.

What's at stake with the Osprey's first deployment to Iraq is around six decades of research, twenty billion dollars of investment, and at least the same amount in future orders. (Which puts the EFSS's problems, at a fews tens of millions and a couple of years, into context). So we can expect that they are going to be very, very careful with those aircraft -- and the news releases are likely to be managed pretty carefully as well."

Osprey's Weapons Not Ready to Shoot? | Danger Room from Wired.com
 
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czygvtwkr

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Six Decades....maybe for all rotay wing aircraft. There is a lot of spin here, not that I think the V-22 is a good aircraft or anything but the writer is putting a lot of spin on things.
 
BuddyLee

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So much time, money, and blood invested in this project. I thought it was actually good to go finally. Sheesh.:ohwell:
 
Ken King

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czygvtwkr said:
Six Decades....maybe for all rotay wing aircraft. There is a lot of spin here, not that I think the V-22 is a good aircraft or anything but the writer is putting a lot of spin on things.
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Spin is the right word alright. The EFSS has nothing to do with the Osprey at all, it is just one of the desired pieces of equipment that the Osprey will be tasked into carrying to the field once it is operational. It is in no way an Osprey weapon.
 
Dougstermd

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Ken King said:
Spin is the right word alright. The EFSS has nothing to do with the Osprey at all, it is just one of the desired pieces of equipment that the Osprey will be tasked into carrying to the field once it is operational. It is in no way an Osprey weapon.
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and further 15 million is nothing compared to taking on tasking that the airframe is not prepared for yet. Flying is a costly hobby everybody wants to get it done cheap but sometimes it cost money:whistle:
 
nhboy

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Osprey's Weapons Not... 01-15-2008 11:52 AM you know nothing

Osprey's Weapons Not... 01-23-2008 11:08 AM blahblahblah. Same old crap outta you, all the time.
 

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AA996

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That's still the baddest thing flying at Pax River. I have close to 23,000 flight hours, I work around aircraft all the time, and I still stop whatever I'm doing to watch the Osprey pass overhead. It's a technical marvel.
 
AmericanMom

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Osprey's Weapons Not... 01-21-2008 11:42 AM What a sheep you have turned out to be!

Just because I support our military and don't believe all the crap that anhoyingboy posts doesn't make me a sheep azzwipe!
 
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