Defense News

Bell’s V-280 completes low-speed agility tests

Bell V-280 Valor recently completed final key performance parameters within the Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstration program, proving it can conduct high-level, low-speed agility maneuver.
Defense News

Bell V-280 flies autonomously for first time

Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft could be a welcome addition to units conducting fast rope insertions, rappelling or any other air assault operation. (Bell) ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell’s V-280 Valor ...
Flightglobal

Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor reaches 300kt

Bell pushed its V-280 Valor tiltrotor to 300kt (556km/h) in a March test flight, surpassing its previous top speed for which it is named, 280kt. Believing that it has sufficiently proven the ...
Flightglobal

Bell sees V-280 and V-247 having ‘synergy’ with US Navy FVL Maritime Strike

Bell believes its work on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army and the unmanned V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor concept for the US Marine Corps (USMC) ought to have “synergy” with the US Navy’s (USN’s) ...
Business Wire

Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) announced today that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range ...
Aviation Week

Bell Readies V-280 Tiltrotor For Autonomous Flight Demo

ARLINGTON, Texas—Bell is preparing to demonstrate the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor, under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role precursor to the Future Long-Range ...
The National Interest

Bell’s V-280 Valor Aircraft Has the Best of Both Worlds

Bell’s milestone “scorecard” is focused on continued efforts to refine and evolve some of the V-280’s distinct advantages, including its speed and range. These aspects massively change the paradigm in ...
Yahoo

Bell Textron chooses Fort Worth for major expansion to build V-280 Valor military aircraft

Bell Textron Inc., already one the largest employers in the Metroplex, has chosen its hometown of Fort Worth to build components for the next generation of military assault helicopters. The news, ...
autoevolution

Bell V-280 Valor to Land, Roll, and Brake Using French-Made Gear

It's not long now until the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft enters operation, bringing an end to a decades-old reign in this segment for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. Testing of the aircraft is ...
Aviation Today

Bell Confirms V-280 Autonomous Flight, Prepares for Army FLRAA Decision in March

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft completed a successful autonomous test flight in December, as the company readies for an Army downselect decision in March to continue forward ...
The National Interest

Bell’s V-280 Valor Helicopter Proves Tiltrotor Aircraft Are No Joke

The U.S. Army is now flying several models of a new, high-speed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft rotorcraft intended to conduct air assault raids, rescue injured soldiers, and deliver a concentrated ...
autoevolution

Bell V-280 Valor Gets Ready for Army With Subsystems and Weapons Design Phase

Later this summer, the U.S. Army is expected to release a Request for Proposals for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. That would be the program that seeks to create the next ...