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The Aviationist2y
Let’s Talk About The Bell V-280 That Has Won The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Competition
As we already reported, FLRAA saw the V-280 competing against the Defiant X. In a statement after the contract award to Bell, Sikorsky and Boeing said they “remain confident DEFIANT X is the ...
See the MV-75 tiltrotor set to be the US Army's next premier air assault vehicle and replace the UH-60 Black Hawk
Bell's V-280 Valor rotorcraft, designated the MV-75, is designed to fly faster and longer than the UH-60 Black Hawk ...
Shephard Media2y
Bell V-280 Valor wins FLRAA Black Hawk replacement contract
The US Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract awarded to Bell marks the US Army’s largest helicopter ... capability is worth up to $1.3 billion and the V-280 design is set to ...
Forbes2y
Bell’s V-280 Valor Just Won the Most Important Army Helicopter Competition In 40 Years
Culminating a journey that stretches back over a decade for the Army, the FLRAA selection is vital to the Army and possibly a life-saver for Bell. The tiltrotor V-280, so called in a nod to the ...
Military.com2y
The Bell V-280 Valor Will Replace the Army's Legendary Black Hawk
The FLRAA competition was supposed to conclude in June, but Army leaders announced that they needed more time to review the two competing bids; Bell's V-280 Valor and a joint Sikorsky-Boeing ...
Business Wire1y
Bell Places Moog Under Contract For FLRAA, V-280 Valor
and work is underway for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), the Bell V-280 Valor. The contract initially funds core design and development activities through the Middle ...
Task & Purpose2y
Everything we know about the Army’s new Black Hawk replacement, the Bell V-280 Valor
The Army’s requirements for the FLRAA call for an aircraft with ... Hawk’s top speed of 222 miles per hour. “What Bell did with the V-280 Valor was to evolve the tiltrotor configuration ...
Shephard Media1y
Bell contracts Moog for FLRAA V-280 Valor sub-assemblies
Moog has been placed under contract by Bell Textron to supply flight control content for the US Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), the Bell V-280 Valor. Under the contract Moog will ...
Ainonline.com2y
Bell's V-280 Valor Awaits U.S. Army FLRAA Decision
The U.S. Army expects to choose its FLRAA UH-60 Black Hawk replacement in October. Bell is exhibiting a full-scale mock-up of the V-280 at the Farnborough air show. (Photo: David Mackintosh ...
Aviation Week1y
New V-280 Model Shows FLRAA Design Evolving
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 from the ...
The Business Journals7mon
Not going anywhere: Bell Textron opts to keep FLRAA fuselage assembly in Wichita
Bell Textron recently took over the fuselage work from Spirit AeroSystems on the V-280 Valor for Bell's Future ... ‘bread and butter’ year ahead on FLRAA with Textron Army ready for ‘bread ...