The flight testing also reflects global trends. The U.S., with the V-22 and V-280, has long demonstrated the operational ...

The tiltrotor V-280, so called in a nod to the Army’s long held goal of a VTOL troop transport that could reach at least 280 knots (322 mph), beat out Sikorsky-Boeing’s coaxial-rotor Defiant X ...

The V-280 can also be optionally manned, per the Army’s requirements. In 2020, the test V-280 flew an entire flight profile, from takeoff to landing, without a pilot’s hands on the controls.

Bell Textron was formally awarded the contract in December of 2022, after the U.S. Army selected the V-280 to meet the requirements of their program. When contrasted to the coaxial Defiant-X, the ...

After years of testing and deliberation, the US Army has made the US$1.3-billion decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army's 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility ...

GE provides digital backbone, voice and data recorder, and health awareness system for Bell V-280 Valor Enabling U.S. Army’s open, scalable, high-speed data infrastructure ...

" We are honored that the U.S. Army has selected the Bell V-280 Valor as its next-generation assault aircraft," said Scott C. Donnelly, Textron’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Bell’s V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has reached 250 kt. airspeed as it continues to make progress under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration.

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WASHINGTON — Textron’s Bell tapped GE Aerospace to develop a host of digital systems for its much-anticipated Black Hawk utility helicopter successor. The arrangement, announced Sept. 7, will see GE ...

AURORA, Colorado—An updated model of the Bell V-280 displayed at the U.S. Army’s largest aviation conference here shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving ...

When contrasted to the coaxial Defiant-X, the V-280 Valor had greater top speed, maximum range, and better manoeuvrability during high-altitude and high-speed operations.