POGO Takes Aim At V-22 Osprey

V-22 Osprey The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has been a champion of some defense programs (vid. the A-10), an opponent of others that it believes to be wasteful and/or ineffective, and an opponent willing to reconsider on still other programs (vid. the Stryker family of armored vehicles). They’ve recently done a series of short pieces covering the $50 billion V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program, designed to take off or land like a helicopter, then swivel its engines to fly like a plane. It would appear that POGO remains unimpressed. QTR: May be dustier…(click to view full) As DID analyses have noted, the issues they cite have direct relevance to future programs like the $8-10 billion CSAR-X combat search-and-rescue program, the similar-sized CH-53X replacement program for the US Marines, and even the USA’s futuristic Joint Heavy Lift program (JHL). Not to mention the recent decision to OK full-rate V-22 production for the US Marines (MV-22) and Special Forces (CV-22). Beyond the article that lists their basic set of concerns with the aircraft, POGO is also accusing V-22 proponents of using slanted statistics to make their case… (click to view full) The crux of POGO’s charge is the tendency of V-22 […]