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Navy Ignored Osprey Safety Risks for Decade, Report Says
The V-22 Osprey program has seen a 36% to 88% increase in serious accident rates in 2023–2024, with safety risks unresolved for nearly a decade, GAO and Navy reports found.
- Published Dec 12, 2025, a Naval Air Systems Command review found the V-22 Osprey is accumulating safety risk and urged immediate action, warning risks will ultimately occur if unaddressed.
- The V-22 Joint Program Office failed to manage risks timely, allowing issues to accumulate, while the V-22 Osprey's complex design and parts 70% older than other Navy planes worsened problems.
- In fiscal years 2023 and 2024, GAO reported 18 serious accidents involving the V-22 Osprey, with incident rates 36%–81% higher than previous years, and requiring 100% more unscheduled maintenance.
- The report recommends creating a readiness and safety steering board, initiating a midlife upgrade program, and GAO urged Defense Secretary and service leaders to refine joint risk processes; the Pentagon agreed and said it would incorporate these into Osprey policies.
- Investigators linked proprotor gearbox and clutch systems to fatal crashes, citing a manufacturing defect traced to 2006 that went unassessed until March 2024, including the November 2023 Air Force CV-22 crash off Japan.
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Report: Osprey safety issues allowed to grow
WASHINGTON — After deadly accidents claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledged the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it took flight…
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GAO report on V-22 accidents
Friday, December 12, 2025The Dec. 8, 2025 Government Accountability Office report finds that the Marine Corps and Air Force "had higher rates of the most serious accidents in the last 2 fiscal years (2023 and 2024) with its Osprey aircraft compared with the average serious accident rate for the previous 8 years, based on available Department of Defense (DOD) data." Featured: Related Documents Tags: V-22 OspreyGAO
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