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 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 engineers completely “took apart” their V-280 tiltrotor aircraft to ensure the platform can perform at an optimal level for decades into the future. Reliability and service life, coupled ...

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 Textron’s V-280 Valor. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army decided to go with the V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft to replace the Black Hawk helicopter in a deal reported to be worth more than ...

The Bell V-280 is a tiltrotor, an aircraft with fixed wings and movable rotors on the tips. It can take off and land like a helicopter, but fly fast like a traditional plane.

Bell was awarded a contract last year to provide the V-280 to the Army as its next generation aircraft. This week a protest of the award was rejected by the Government Accountability Office. (Tom ...

Despite a delay stemming from the Army source-selection board’s self-audit of its choice of Bell’s V-280 Valor as its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft which pushed the award announcement ...

Bell's V-280 Valor was selected in 2022 as the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, chosen over the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X. The FLRAA is part of the Army's broader effort to modernize its ...

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 ...