The Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East successfully assembled the lift fan clutch for the F-35B Lightning II aircraft for the first time. Assembling the clutch without the part’s original manufacturer ...

The U.S. Navy is planning to begin replacing problematic components of the V-22 tiltrotor’s clutch beginning in 2026, as it says it is narrowing down on a root cause to a long-known safety issue with ...

The Navy and Marine Corps will keep their Ospreys flying after the Air Force grounded its fleet of the tilt-rotor aircraft. Both services said they are keeping an eye on a clutch issue that led the ...

An MV-22B Osprey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), takes off from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) during routine ...

(CNN) — Imagine you just got that brand-new top-of-the-line sports car and you take it out for that first road trip and — you blow the clutch. Now imagine that your hot new ride is a $360 million ...