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U.S. Navy will order 44 HV-22s

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The U.S. Navy plans to buy 44 HV-22s starting from 2019 through 2024. The Ospreys will get an an external fuel tank, different communications and navigation capabilities.

131117-N-XN177-012 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 17, 2013) A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to conduct 131117-N-XN177-012
By Burghart, Peter, MC3 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Navy’s version of Osprey will also have high frequency radios, a shipboard landing system and a public address system.

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