Bell V-280 Agility Testing, 14-Jan-21 : #agility Bell V-280 Valor for the US Army Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition demonstrates its agility
200 Flight Hours for Bell V-280 Valor, 21-Dec-20 : #FLRAA 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
External Cargo Loads with Bell V-280, 17-Dec-20 : #ExternalLoad 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)
Army Experimental Test Pilots Fly V-280 Valor, 19-Sep-20 : #Redstone 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.
Astronics Power Systems for Bell’ FARA and FLRAA, 22-Jul-20 : #electric Astronics awarded contracts by Bell to develop electrical power systems based on CorePower products for FARA Bell 360 Invictus and FLRAA V-280 Valor programs
Rolls-Royce Engines for V-280 Valor, 21-Jul-20 : #RollsRoyce Rolls-Royce to provide propulsion system for the refined Bell V-280 Valor design in the US Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. The current prototype is flying with General Electric T64-GE-419 engines
Bell Proposals for Future US Army Aviation, 24-Jun-20 : #FVL Bell is ready to revolutionize U.S. Army Aviation with the V-280 Valor and 360 Invictus for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) / Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs
Thermoplastic Components Flight Tested on Bell V-280, 03-Jun-20 : #recycling GKN Aerospace’s thermoplastic ruddervators and recycled thermoplastic access panels successfully flight tested on the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor, one of the first military aircraft flying with thermoplastic technology on board
Manufacturing Evolution at Bell Helicopters, 03-Apr-20 : #manufacturing Bell produced 150 UH-1 Hueys per month in addition to 50 other helicopters in its peak production period during the Vietnam War. Now the factory is getting prepared for US Army’s Future Vertical Lift FLRAA and FARA programs and pave the way for urban air mobility aircraft
Bell V-280 Selected to Continue in FLRAA Competition, 17-Mar-20 : #FLRAA US Army awards Bell contract for competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR) work to refined V-280 Valor design as part of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program to replace the Black Hawk
V-280 Delivering Results Beyond Expectation, 26-Dec-19 : After two-years of successful flight demonstrations the Bell V-280 Valor continues to show how it meets the challenges of future fights.
Bell Teaming with Collins for US Army FARA, 27-Sep-19 : #FARA Bell in partnership with Collins Aerospace (ex Rockwell Collins) for the US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) tender. Although the proposal has not yet been revealed will be using V-280 Valor and Bell 525 new technologies
Marines Starts UH/AH-1 Replacement Process, 22-Sep-19 : #AURA The US Marine Corps launches the Attack Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) program for a next generation aircraft to replace current Bell UH-1Y and AH-1Z Huey helicopters around 2030
Higher Speed for Future US Army Tilt-Rotor, 29-May-19 : #HighSpeed US Army Research Laboratory developing new wind-tunnel for the future tilt-rotor aircraft that will be field by Army Aviation in the coming decades
V-280 Valor Low Speed Agility Testing, 22-May-19 : #Valor The Bell V-280 Valor completed flight demonstrations of its low-speed agility key performance parameter (KPP) proving that the aircraft can deliver first-rate handling for pilots during low-speed maneuvers without sacrificing speed, range or payload