Bell MV-75: U.S. Army’s New Tiltrotor Aircraft

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Bell MV-75: U.S. Army’s New Tiltrotor Aircraft” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/bell-mv-75-u-s-armys-new-tiltrotor-aircraft/.

 

[trader]

seems like a lot of bux to make essentially a smaller, less capable Osprey. Progress.

 

[KillerFord1977]

I still prefer the Sikorsky Sb-1 defiant / S-97 type over the tiltrotor.
Tilt rotor needs a lot of room to land. Not easy in tight spaces of combat. The double rotors of the s-97 can get into more traditional- tighter spaces.

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[Cedric]

I note the article states it can carry 14 personnel. I suspect that number will go down if you're talking about combat equipped infantry in contrast to the generic personnel.

 

[3L120]

For the $$$ this is going to cost, seems to me they could have worked on an Army Improved Osprey. While the Osprey had had its share of problems, I would bet that this bird will also!

 

[Talyn]

UH-60's are still being bought & built for the US military in improved models so the use of the term "aging" by the author is a bit disingenuous.

And the UH-60 will be in service for decades because it will do certain jobs better than the new MV-75 which will be a bit overkill in certain tasks.

 

[OldGrunt]

UH-60's are still being bought & built for the US military in improved models so the use of the term "aging" by the author is a bit disingenuous.

And the UH-60 will be in service for decades because it will do certain jobs better than the new MV-75 which will be a bit overkill in certain tasks.

Yes, the UH-60 isn't going away any time soon. I just recently retired as a civilian federal employee aircraft mechanic working on UH-60s. I've helped re-build and re-hab UH-60s over 30 years old.

 

[BarryinIN]

I’d much rather see that money put into better rifles, NV, or other infantry gear.

 

[negolien]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Bell MV-75: U.S. Army’s New Tiltrotor Aircraft” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/bell-mv-75-u-s-armys-new-tiltrotor-aircraft/.

The Osprey has put in a TON of work doin stuff no helo could do especially in Afghanistan. The took what they learned and made this. I full y support this airframe. Well done.