Two reviews published on December 12, 2025, warned that the V-22 Osprey remains exposed to safety risks that could lead to further “catastrophic” mishaps unless the joint program accelerates ...

Material failure was either the cause of or contributing factor in more than half of the serious safety incidents involving the US military’s fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors in recent ...

Long-running mechanical, faulty metallic alloys in the Prop-Rotor Gear Box and lack of synergy between the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have compounded the V-22 Osprey’s troubles. Faulty ...

A Navy Osprey hovers above North Island in 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Navy) After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledges that the military failed to address a growing ...

CMV-22 Osprey, assigned to the ‘Sunhawks’ of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, sits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Aug. 13, ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the Government Accountability Office reported Friday. The ...

The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the average during any of the previous eight years, congressional auditors said, ...

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) launches from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have gone unaddressed for years by the joint program office, and it may take a decade to complete recommended fixes, as risks continue ...

The Defense Department has struggled to fix issues with the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey, which has experienced higher-than-average accident rates and a string of fatal crashes in recent years. (MC3 Amber ...