CV-22B Osprey

CV-22B Osprey (U.S. Special Operations Command – USSOCOM) – 33

Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

First flight: 19 March 1989

Introduction: 13 June 2007

Produced: 1988-present

Total scheduled: 49 to be delivered by 2016

Program cost: $35.6 billion after planned procurement of 408 aircraft

Unit cost: $69.3 million (flyaway cost for FY2012)

Developed from: Bell XV-15

General characteristics

Crew: 4 (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers/crew chiefs)

Capacity:

24 troops (seated), 32 troops (floor loaded); or

9,070 kg of internal cargo, or up to 6,800 kg of external cargo (dual hook)

1× Growler light internally transportable ground vehicle

Length: 17.4 m

Rotor diameter: 11.6 m

Wingspan: 14 m

Width with rotors: 25.8 m

Height: 6.73 m; overall with nacelles vertical (5.5 m; at top of tailfins)

Disc area: 212 m²

Wing area: 28 m²

Empty weight: 15,032 kg

Loaded weight: 21,500 kg

Max. takeoff weight:

Vertical Takeoff Weight: 23,982 kilograms;

Rolling Takeoff Weight: 27,443 kilograms

Powerplant:

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

Performance

Maximum speed: 509 km/h at sea level / 565 km/h at 4,600 m

Cruise speed: 446 km/h at sea level

Stall speed: 204 km/h in airplane mode

Range: 1,627 km

Combat radius: 722 km

Ferry range: 3,590 km with auxiliary internal fuel tanks

Service ceiling: 7,620 m

Rate of climb: 11.8 m/s

Glide ratio: 4.5:1

Disc loading: 102.23 kg/m²

Power/mass: 427 W/kg

Armament

1× 7.62 mm M240 machine gun or 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun on ramp, removable

1× 7.62 mm GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remote control in the Remote Guardian System

It conducts long-range special operations missions, and is equipped with extra wing fuel tanks, an AN/APQ-186 terrain-following radar, and other equipment such as the AN/ALQ-211, and AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis Directional Infrared Counter Measures. The fuel capacity is increased by 2,230 L with 2 inboard wing tanks; 3 auxiliary tanks (757 or 1628 L) can also be added in the cabin. The CV-22 replaced the MH-53 Pave Low.

Bell Helicopter announced the successful demonstration of forward-firing capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The exercise took place in November 2014 at the United States Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona.

(http://www.dmitryshulgin.com/2014/12/10/the-rising-power-of-the-osprey/)