Royal Navy not getting V-22s for its new carriers

In a written parliamentary reply to Lord West, the British government said it has no plans to buy the V-22 tiltrotor for its Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force prepares to depart 131112-M-PJ295-933
By LCpl Diamond N. Peden [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Ministry of Defense will “continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities” of those warships instead.