The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reconfirmed the
selection of the C-27J Spartan for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air
Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program. The services previously
selected the C-27J, offered by L-3 Communications), Alenia North
America, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and Global Military
Aircraft Systems (GMAS), in an open competition.
As history books document the first flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C.,
by two brothers from Ohio, the Marine Corps honors 1st Lt. Alfred
A. Cunningham, as the father of Marine Corps aviation.
Cunningham’s first flight occurred on May 22, 1912, and since
then countless combat flights have taken place enabling an advance
in mission accomplishment. In the 1940s, four Marine aircraft wings
were established to support the Corps’ aviation
operations.
Rolls-Royce has signed a $700 million production contract with
the Naval Air Systems Command to produce 370 AE 1107C-Liberty
engines for the US Marine Corps' MV-22 and the US Air Force's CV-22
Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
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