Boeing expects first V-22 Osprey export by 2014

[LurkerBaba]

The Boeing Co. is anticipating opening up new international markets next year for both its CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter and the V-22 Osprey, a senior company executive said Oct. 24.

"I firmly believe we will have our first international sale sometime in 2013, or no later than the first quarter of 2014," Mark Ballew, Boeing's director of business development for mobility rotorcraft, said of the tilt-rotor Osprey it produces in partnership with Bell Helicopter.

He would not reveal the name of the first international customer, but added that there were in-depth discussions with a handful of other countries interested in the aircraft as well.

Boeing Exec Predicts First International V-22 Osprey Sale Next Year - Blog

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Any guesses on the customer ?

 

[Tronic]

any guesses on the customer ?

UAE.

The Emirates leadership is now haggling with Boeing Bell and the US Marine Corps over the unit price on a deal to become the first foreign purchaser of the futuristic, and still controversial, V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
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(Why are all upper case letters being turned to lower case if my post is too short? Weird.)

 

[uvbar]

india will be one of the first 5 customers for sure

 

[asianobserve]

Israel for sure will be the first foreign costumer of V-22.

 

[pack leader]

our sf demanded 8 machines for deep insertion and pilot rescue