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The V-22 Osprey is an Acquisition Category IC Joint Program led by the Department of the Navy for the purpose of developing, testing, evaluating, procuring and fielding a tilt rotor, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for Joint Service application. The V-22 program is designed to provide an aircraft to meet the amphibious/vertical assault needs of the Marine Corps, the Carrier Onboard Delivery needs of the Navy, and the special operations needs of the Air Force and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The MV-22 variant replaced the CH-46E in the Marine Corps and the CMV-22 variant will replace the C-2A in the Navy. The CV-22 variant replaced the MH-53J and MH-53M and augments the C-130 in the Air Force and USSOCOM. The V-22 is capable of flying over 2,100 nautical miles, with a single refueling, giving the services the advantage of a vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft that can rapidly self-deploy to any location in the world. Currently, V-22 avionics displays are sustained through a piecemeal approach of numerous component and sub-component life-of-type buys and bridge buys. This strategy is exhausting the marketplace and is forecast to result in critical part shortages and increased NMCS rates as components approach end-of-life. This effort will fund development of a V22 Cockpit Technology Refresh (VeCToR) which will mitigate critical obsolescence issues on major avionics components and incorporate modernized cockpit hardware and software. These upgrades will be MOSA compliant. A digital backbone infrastructure will be incorporated into the MV-22 to enable rapid integration and fielding of future capabilities. Components to be addressed include but are not limited to Control Display Unit (CDU), CDU keyboard, Flight Director Panel, and the Emergency Standby Flight Indicator (ESFI).