2017


Bell V-280 Valor

Derived from V-22 Osprey






Bell V-280 Valor

The V-280 Valor is Bell's third generation tilt-rotor designed for the the US Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) / Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programme which search for a UH-60 Black Hawk replacement from 2030. The V-280 will cruise at 280kts (519km/h) carrying 11 passengers with a mission radius of over 250nm (463km). Prototype performed first flight on December 18, 2017.

Main contender will be Sikorsky/Boeing Defiant based on X-2 technology.

Lockheed-Martin joined the V-280 team on September 2013 but its acquisition of Sikorsky on October 2015 may actually cause some contractual changes.

In August 2019, prototype reached over 300 knots speed.

In December 2022 announced winner of the FLRAA competition against the Defiant


Specifications V-280 Valor


Engine 2 x GE T64-GE-419 4750 shp
Capacity 4 + 14
Length (m) 20
Height (m) 7
Blades 6
Rotor diam. (m) 11
Disc area (m2)
Weight (kgs) Empty: 15000     Max: 26000
Speed (km/h) Cruise: 519
Range (km) 1200
Ceiling (m) 1800
Rate/Climb (m/min)
blueprints


  Derivatives & Versions of V-280 Valor


ModelYearHistory
V-247 Vigilant

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  List of Operators of V-280 Valor


Years Model Org
2030 usa US Army Aviation



  Global Distribution of V-280 Valor



2V-280 Valor


Construction Numbers


C/N Built as Year History
60105 2017 US N280BH
mockup US mockup







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