Maker of V-22 Osprey encouraged by foreign interest 19 Nov 2013 Andrea Shalal-Esa
"...U.S. officials are finalising details for an initial sale of six aircraft to Israel - the initial foreign buyer of the plane - at an estimated price of $70 million each, although it may buy twice as many over the longer term.
U.S. officials have also provided briefings on the V-22 to the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Singapore, and Australia.
In addition to military uses, some countries have expressed interest in using the V-22 for VIP transport....
...Garrison noted that Navy officials had delayed a request for proposals for a competition for new aircraft to supply carriers, a job for which he said the V-22 was ideally suited, and it was uncertain when the competition would kick off.
Current Navy plans call for it to buy 48 V-22s, potentially for use as carrier resupply aircraft, but no funding has been dedicated to the "carrier on-board delivery" or COD programme...."
AIRSHOW-Maker of V-22 Osprey encouraged by foreign interest | Reuters