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Bell Weapon Systems Integration Lab for FLRAA11-Mar-24 - Bell announced Grand Opening of its Weapon System’s Integration Lab (WSIL) in Arlington, Texas for integration and test of a next generation fly-by-wire tiltrotor and mission systems using a modular open systems approach (MOSA) for the US Army’s Future Long- Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) #FLRAASafran to Develop Landing Gear for Bell V-280 Valor30-Sep-23 - Safran to develop the landing gear system for Bell’s tiltrotor, the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) #FLRAAGE Aerospace Systems for V-280 Valor09-Sep-23 - Bell selected GE Aerospace to develop a Common Open Architecture Digital Backbone (COADB), Voice and Data Recorder, and the Health Awareness System (HAS) for the Bell V-280 Valor #recorderGAO Denies Sikorsky-Boeing FLRAA Protest08-Apr-23 - The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) rejected the protest from Sikorsky regarding the US Army selecting the Bell V-280 Valor as the winner of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to replace the Black Hawk #FLRAALockheed Martin and Boeing Protest FLRAA Decision30-Dec-22 - Sikorsky asks the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the US Army’s decision on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Contract #FLRAABell V-280 Won US Army FLRAA Helicopter Contract06-Dec-22 - The Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft was chosen as the new US Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in competition against the Sikorsky/Boeing Defiant X to replace the Black Hawk #FLRAABell Teams with CAE for FLRAA and FARA Training07-Oct-21 - Bell selected CAE, a training and mission systems integrator, to develop and provide Maintenance Training Devices (MTD), Flight Training Devices (FTD), courseware, Interactive Multimedia Instruction, and procedural training solutions for the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft #FVLFuture Vertical Lift at Bell Lab in Arlington Texas08-Jul-21 - Bell’s investment in advanced capabilities at the new center in Arlington, Texas focus on integration, verification and validation testing on Bell’s solutions to support the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs #FVLV-280 Advancing for FLRAA Requirement26-Jun-21 - Following historic development and flight test program the Bell V-280 Valor team focuses on the US Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition #FLRAASafran Landing Gear for V-280 Valor07-May-21 - French Safran Landing Systems to provide the landing gear for the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor currently competing in the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Program #LandingGearBell V-280 Competitive Demonstration12-Apr-21 - Bell is executing the second phase of a Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) contract to inform the imminent program of record competition for US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) #FLRAABell V-280 Agility Testing14-Jan-21 - Bell V-280 Valor for the US Army Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition demonstrates its agility #agility200 Flight Hours for Bell V-280 Valor21-Dec-20 - The Bell V-280 Valor competing in the US Army Future Long-range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition completed 200 hours of flight with more than 150 sorties through three years of flight testing #FLRAAExternal Cargo Loads with Bell V-28017-Dec-20 - Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor completes external cargo loads and tests new mission equipment integration including a newly installed Tactical Common Datalink (TCDL) and Lockheed Martin Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) #ExternalLoadArmy Experimental Test Pilots Fly V-280 Valor19-Sep-20 - US Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) Experimental Test Pilots (XPs) flew the Bell V-280 Valor as part of the US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) preparations for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. #Redstone | Helicopters for sale Accidents Acronyms Airshows Future helicopters Flying a helicopter Helicopter stories TV and movies Helicopter books Helicopter patches Helicopter model kits |