Let's discuss the civilian contracted VERTREP program while we are at it.....seems Evergreen and some others are using Puma's and doing a good job replacing Navy aircraft.
I bet Columbia Helicopters, given a fleet of Phrogs....could come up with a similar concept and keep the Navy going for many years at a very low cost compared to the Osprey idea. They have sure kept the BV-107's working in the Woods for over thirty years.
Carson, until their problems with the Forest Service, were doing the same thing for the S-61....carbon blades and the like.
There are other options if the Military will just take their Blinders off.....and quit trying to find ways to keep the Osprey production line going.