Pentagon Questions Tilt-Rotor Technology, But Will Renew Testing of Aircraft.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: December 22, 2001 | Copyright information

By Richard Whittle, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 22--WASHINGTON--The Pentagon's procurement chief questioned the safety and combat utility of the V-22 Osprey's tilt-rotor technology Friday but agreed to renew testing of the revolutionary aircraft.

"I personally have some doubts, but the only way to prove the case one way or the other is to put the airplane back into flight test," said Pete Aldridge, undersecretary of def...

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