There is presently only one tiltrotor military aircraft in operation, and that’s the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The machine just passed an important milestone in March, reaching the 600,000 flight hours ...

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator flies along a shoreline. The aircraft has been flying for three years and logged 200 flight hours. (Photo courtesy of Bell). WASHINGTON — Bell’s ...

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 ...

Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor has reached 100 percent rotor RPMs during a tethered ground run test at the Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center. Construction was recently completed on the tiltrotor ...

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 ...

The Valor’s versatile design has the capacity to perform a multitude of missions with unparalleled speed, range and agility, making the aircraft a combat multiplier. The Bell V-280 is the most ...

Bell's V-280 Valor tiltrotor combat aircraft lived up to its name on Wednesday as it pegged the speedometer at a true airspeed of 280 knots (322 mph, 518 km/h), or twice that of conventional ...

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 ...