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Blistering-Fast Cousin of Bell 360 Invictus, V-280 Valor Could Use Pratt & Whitney Engines

The general public has come to know the concept of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) machines only recently, thanks to the many startups out there working on delivering new transportation solutions ...
The Aviationist on MSN

U.S. Army Prepares Ground for Possible MV-75 Early Production Decision

Coordinating with Bell, the Army made extensive efforts on supply chain, production and training to mitigate risks should it go into low-rate production ...
Defense One

Bell 360 Invictus and Army Aviation Close Capability Gap for Multi-Domain Operations

In future conflicts, attack reconnaissance aircraft will be key to “achieving and sustaining overmatch against potential competitors and enduring asymmetric threats by closing or mitigating gaps in ...
Flying

GAO Denies Sikorsky’s Challenge To Army Selection Of Bell V-280 Valor

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied Sikorsky's protest of the Army's selection of Bell Textron's V-280 Valor for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. The GAO ...
Business Wire

GE Aerospace selected by Bell for V-280 Valor Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft

EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aerospace today announced the selection by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, for work on the development of a Common Open Architecture Digital Backbone (COADB), ...
Flying

U.S. Army Chooses Bell V-280 for Black Hawk Replacement

The Bell V-280 can go from a hover to a top speed of around 280 knots. [Credit: Bell] U.S. Army has selected Bell Textron’s [NYSE: TXT] V-280 Valor tiltrotor as its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft ...
Forbes

Bell’s V-280 Valor Just Won the Most Important Army Helicopter Competition In 40 Years

Bell's V-280 tiltrotor has been chosen as the winner of the Army's FLRAA competition to partially replace the H-60 Black Hawk. It’s official. Yesterday, the U.S. Army announced it has selected Bell ...
Benzinga.com

1TXT, GE : GE Aerospace Partners With Bell Textron For V-280 Valor Military Aircraft...

General Electric Company's GE GE Aerospace has been chosen by Textron Inc's TXT unit, Bell Textron Inc., to develop components for the Bell V-280 Valor future long-range assault aircraft. Under the ...
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 ...
CompositesWorld

Bell V-280 Valor gains clearance for EMD phase, prototype building

Bell Flight (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.) released a series of announcements in August regarding developments of the highly composite V-280 Valor, a future vertical lift (FVL) tiltrotor aircraft ...
The Aviationist

Let’s Talk About The Bell V-280 That Has Won The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Competition

Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor won against Sikorsky’s Defiant compound helicopter and is set to become the new utility rotorcraft of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army has awarded the Future Long Range ...
Defense One

Army Chooses Bell V-280 to Replace Its Black Hawk Helicopters

The U.S. Army has chosen Bell to build a new aircraft that will replace the venerable UH-60 Black Hawk, which has been flying soldiers in combat since the 1970s. Bell received a $232 million contract ...