DoD IG: MV-22 squadrons could improve reporting of Mission Capability rates and readiness
From FY 2009 through FY 2011, MV-22 squadron commanders computed the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program MCR for five of the six squadrons using erroneous aircraft inventory reports and work orders. Squadron maintenance personnel improperly recorded MV-22 aircraft status information 167 of 200 times on aircraft inventory reports for out-of-reporting periods; and did not adequately prepare 112 of 907 work orders that we reviewed.
As a result, the MCRs were unreliable, and senior DoD and Marine Corps officials could have deployed MV-22 squadrons that were not prepared for missions.
Meanwhile, Bell is already promoting its 280 kt
V-280 Valor next-gen tiltrotor offering for JMR/FVL on a "
productivity-per-hour" rather than "cost-per-flying-hour" basis against the 230 kt
Sikorsky/Boeing SB>1 Defiant, to avoid the same pitfalls that led to the
MV-22 vs. CH-60S debate in the early 2000s.
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