This award builds on a decade of the V-280 Valor’s progress through design, manufacturing, and thorough testing to demonstrate that this aircraft will deliver on the FLRAA program requirements.

Bell Textron recently took over the fuselage work from Spirit AeroSystems on the V-280 Valor for Bell's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program.

Bell says its V-280 Valor contender for FLRAA builds on more than 500,000 hr. of operational experience with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor.

Bell V-280 is part of the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program meant to renew America military's air fleet.

Bell considered at least two other locations in other states for its $632 million plant. It will produce parts for the company’s V-280 Valor to replace the Army’s fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks ...

Following the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program contract award, the V-280 Valor will enable the U.S. Army and its allies to maintain battlefield superiority ...

Bell will offer the V-280 for the FLRAA procurement, Wilson said. Additionally, Bell plans to integrate new mission system capabilities to demonstrate the V-280’s open system architecture for ...

Bell says it is moving ahead with the creation of the V-280 Valor by moving from flight test stage to subsystems and weapons design. autoevolution ... Bell V-280 Valor FLRAA helicopter.

The Bell V-280 can go from a hover to a top speed of around 280 knots. [Credit: Bell] The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. protest against the Army’s ...

Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor completed a series of low-speed pitch, roll, and yaw manoeuvres at the company’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas in early May.

Rolls-Royce will supply the engines and infrared suppression system for the Bell V-280 tiltrotor proposal to the U.S. Army for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the engine ...

Bell plans to start autonomous flight tests of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor demonstrator in “the next couple of months.” The company loaded the aircraft with its autonomous flight control ...