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V-22 Can Do More Than Carrier Deliveries, Navy Acquisition Chief Says

Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

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The V-22 Ospreys would be capable of carrying out multiple tasks in addition to conducting deliveries to aircraft carriers, Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley said Jan. 15, while stopping short of confirming a report earlier this week that the service has decided to buy the tiltrotor aircraft for cargo delivery rather than modernize the C-2s currently doing the mission.Stackley told reporters another key benefit of using the V-22s for the carrier onboard delivery missions, referred to as COD, is that…

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