Originally Posted by The Sultan
After the loss of our brave war fighters in one obsolete slow helicopter I believe the V-22 will surge ahead and the Army will begin buying.
Nope. Army doesn't have a mission requirement for Osprey.
The UH-60M seems to meet their needs. As I understand the program, eventually ~ 1200 UH-60M will flesh out the Blackhawk fleet, mixed in with UH-60L. I don't know if final AoB will closer to 2500 or 3000, since some of that is driven by how many divisions // RCT's remain after the next DoD belt tightening, and how TOE for Guard and Reserve units get restructured. There are a lot of unanswered questions on that score.
Originally Posted by Furia
I am wonder how long it will take to see US Coast Guard Ospreys.
I seriously doubt they'll buy any.
Given its cost, see above on mission requirement.
Heck, I'm a bit surprised they keep Dolphin and Jayhawk. I am sure there's a reason, but for my money, Jayhawk is the better capability for the budget dollar. (We got any Coasties posting?)