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), ...

The Bell V-280 Valor technology demonstrator has retired from flight but will live on in the company's solution it will soon submit to the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.

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 ...

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 ...

Bell plans to install a version of the Rolls-Royce-made V-22 Osprey engine in the V-280 Valor— an aircraft the company is pitching in a U.S. Army competition to replace the venerable Black Hawk ...

Bell has installed a Tactical Common Datalink on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor, a communications device that can pass back targeting data to precision long-range weapons. The company conducted ...

After flying its V-280 Valor tiltrotor for 214h, Bell is picking apart the decommissioned aircraft to see if it can find signs of wear and tear. The company flew the V-280 over the past three years as ...

The Bell V-280 Valor Next Generation Tilt Rotor Aircraft has been involved in the testing of a new Tactical Data Link and external cargo loads. The first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration ...

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 ...

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 ...