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More Than A Dozen Countries Getting Info On V-22s: USMC

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

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More Than A Dozen Countries Getting Info On V-22s: USMC

The Navy and manufacturing partners Boeing [BA] and Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] have shared information about the capabilities of the V-22 Osprey with more than a dozen countries that could be interested in the tilt-rotor aircraft. Boeing officials have previously said they are pushing for international sales of the V-22s but had not specified, other than Israel, which countries might be interested. Col. Greg Masiello, in a slide presentation at the Paris Air Show that was later distributed by Boeing,…

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