ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) – The Boeing Company announced on Monday that the Bell Boeing V-22 program delivered the sixth and last MV-22 Osprey Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) to the U.S. Marines.

The Bell Boeing V-22 program is a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter. In the past year the program has delivered five CFTDs to the Marines as well as upgrades to two trainers delivered previously.

The CFTD trains aircrew on basic aircraft familiarization and handling qualities. Additional training capabilities include systems/subsystems operation, communication, malfunctions, day and night flying, use od night-vision goggles, formation flying, aerial refueling and landing on ships.

The device is intended to train crews for any task that might be performed in the aircraft, while limiting the monetary and environmental costs and safety risks of in-flight training. The final CFTD was delivered to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina, on August 16, six weeks early.

To date, MCAS New River has six CFTDs, three full-flight, motion-based simulators and one non-motion-based flight training device. On the other hand, MCAS Miramar, California, has four CFTDs. Also, this month an upgrade was made to all CTFDs to full concurrency with the Osprey aircraft.

The V-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company. Bell and Boeing worked together in a Strategic Alliance Agreement for the design, production and sustainment of the V-22.

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