This Might be the Marines Ultimate Weapon: Osprey's Armed with Lots of Firepower

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board an MV-22B Osprey during Amphibious Squadron MEU Integration Training June 19, 2013.
July 5, 2018 Topic: Security Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: MarinesOspreyMilitaryTechnologyMarine Corps

This Might be the Marines Ultimate Weapon: Osprey's Armed with Lots of Firepower

The Marine Corps is now arming its Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with a range of weapons to enable its assault support and escort missions in increasingly high-threat combat environments.

by Kris Osborn

Overall, the Marine Corps is accelerating a massive modernization and readiness overhaul of its MV-22 Osprey to upgrade sensors, add weapons, sustain the fleet and broaden the mission scope -- as part of an effort to extend the life of the aircraft to 2060.

“We plan to have the MV-22B Osprey for at least the next 40 years,” Capt. Sarah Burns, Marine Corps Aviation spokeswoman, told Warrior Maven.

While first emerging nearly two decades ago, the Osprey tiltrotor aircraft has seen an unprecedented uptick in deployments, mission scope and operational tempo.

This first appeared in WarriorMaven here.