 Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., getting a question from Bloomberg defense reporter Tony Capascio. An article from TheHill.com in late May says that four families of Marines who died in the 2022 V-22 Osprey crash in California have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers of the military aircraft, accusing the companies of not disclosing known safety issues to the Pentagon.