The US Army designated Bell's V-280 Valor as its next-generation air assault vehicle, the MV-75. The tiltrotor is part of the Army's plan to modernize its aging fleet of military helicopters. The Army ...

Helicopters are incredible machines with amazing capabilities that fixed-wing aircraft do not have. In spite of this, however, helicopters also have limitations — most notably, the maximum speed they ...

Bell Textron and the U.S. Army announced that development of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft [FLRAA] achieved the acquisition contract’s Milestone B benchmark, indicating that the two-rotor ...

ARLINGTON, Texas—Bell is preparing to demonstrate the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor, under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role precursor to the Future Long-Range ...

Bell Helicopter is progressing toward first flight of the V-280 Valor slower than hoped, having missed the target months of September, October and November. The advanced tiltrotor prototype for the ...

A V-280 Valor in flight. Bell is modifying the V-280 and pairing it with the V-247 drone to compete for the US Navy's Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike programme. (Bell) The US Navy (USN) is ...