U.K. Sea Lord Discusses COD.

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* No one knows exactly when the V-22 Osprey manufacturing line will close down, but with the Marine Corps' fleet nearly completed, a date could be set in the near future.

So, wouldn't the United Kingdom's Royal Navy like to purchase some models while it still can? That question was posed to First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Ben Key at the recent Atlantic Future Forum, which was held aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in New York Harbor.

The nation has two aircraft carriers, but does not have an established carrier onboard delivery, or COD, system to resupply the ships by air. The U.S. Navy is acquiring 44 of them to replace the fixed-wing Greyhound resupply...