The Osprey Maintainability and Sustainment Eco-System
The Osprey was built from the outset as a digital aircraft and a pioneer in the…
Read More »Multi-Domain Operations in the Maritime Domain: The Significance of Digital Interoperability
The April 11, 2024 Williams Foundation Seminar focused on multi-domain operations in support of maritime security…
Read More »Shaping the Tiltrotor Sustainment Enterprise: Phases of Development
Much like the evolution of the tiltrotor concepts of operations, the tiltrotor sustainment enterprise has gone…
Read More »Putting the Osprey Safety Record in Perspective
The question of Osprey safety has been brought to the fore again with the accident last…
Read More »Training for the High End Fight: The Perspective from CSG-4
The Sailors and Marines of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team operate the most advanced…
Read More »The U.S. Navy and the Osprey: Still Bullish on the CMV-22B
In a recent article by Ryan Finnerty published on February 20, 2024, published by Flight Global,…
Read More »The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Con-Ops Perspective (Part Four)
The focus on distributed operations – Maritime DO, the USMC EABOs, and the Air Force agile…
Read More »USMC Transformation Path: A Discussion with LtGen Heckl
Recently, I met with LtGen Heckl in his office at Quantico. I have known him for…
Read More »The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Platform Perspective
There are various ways one can conceptualize the timeline for the emergence and evolution of the…
Read More »Crafting, Operating and Shaping a Way Ahead for a Tiltrotor Enterprise
The concept of having a combat “helicopter” that can fly at the speed of an airplane…
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