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In New Contracting Proposal, Pentagon is "The Good Guy"
After the C-130J was converted from a "commercial item" to another contracting type, taxpayers saved $168 million. By DANA LIEBELSON A new proposal by the Pentagon to change the wording of a contracting statute could save taxpayers billions of dollars. Last week, the House decided n...
A.A. Cunningham, as I wrote earlier, while the cost has been high, supporters of the Osprey say the program has surmounted earlier technical challenges and that its flight envelope—the parameters of performance given certain factors needed for safe flight—are well understood now. But technical problems with the aircraft and its flight envelope were especially not well understood back in 2000 when the Arizona crash occurred, according to William Lawrence, who was in charge of testing the V-22s from 1985 to 1988.
Link: http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/alerts/national-security/walter-jones-v22-osprey-profile-20111107.html
V-22 Morocco Crash Latest in Program Expert Says Should Have Been Stopped
By DANA LIEBELSON A V-22 Osprey crashed during a training exercise in Morocco yesterday, killing two U.S. Marines and severely injuring two others. The cause of this particular accident is unknown, but some crashes in the past have involved a dangerous flying condition of which the V-22 is pr...
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