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To sum up, it has problems in hot weather, it has problems in cold weather, it has problems with sand, it has problems with high altitude, and it has restricted maneuverability.
“The list of what the Osprey can’t do is longer than the list of what it can do.
Autres critiquesNot only has the Osprey failed to live up to its initial billing, it has failed expensively. Our investigation indicates that we’ve gotten half the aircraft for three times the cost – that’s not a recipe for longevity.
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For example, GAO found that the MV-22 cannot fly “the full range of missions requiring medium lift, because the aircraft’s speed cannot be exploited over shorter distances or in transporting external cargo.” Other salient findings are:
-- MV-22’s Iraq experience demonstrated limitations in situational awareness that challenge operational effectiveness.
-- In Iraq, the three MV-22 squadrons averaged mission capability rates of about 68, 57, and 61 percent respectively instead of the objective of 87 percent, while Iraq-based CH-46Es averaged 85 percent or greater.
-- Maneuvering limits affect aircrew visibility and ability to take the correct evasive action.
-- The MV-22 takes up more deck and hangars space, which means that units can only deploy on the same ship with ten MV-22s instead of the 12 CH-46s. Rotor downwash is dangerous.
--The V-22 is not able to conduct unrestricted operations in tactical nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare; at high altitudes; or in adverse weather.)
