Bell plans to install a version of the Rolls-Royce-made V-22 Osprey engine in the V-280 Valor— an aircraft the company is pitching in a U.S. Army competition to replace the venerable Black Hawk ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If more advanced algorithms for operating in a combat environment can be developed, an autonomous option could make employing a tiltrotor on riskier attack or ...

The U.S. Army has picked a tiltrotor aircraft to satisfy its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program—one that offers major performance advantages over the existing UH-60 Blackhawk. The V-280 Valor ...

Valor technology demonstrator aircraft design, comprising CFRP propellers, wings and airframe.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Bell’s achievement with the V-280 helicopters is an indicator as to how unmanned capability is growing ubiquitous in modern military systems. In December 2019, Bell ...

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 ...

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 ...

Later this summer, the U.S. Army is expected to release a Request for Proposals for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. That would be the program that seeks to create the next ...

The Bell V-280 Valor Will Replace the Army's Legendary Black Hawk The Army announced Bell as the victor in the longstanding Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to replace the Army's ...

HyperSizer® software, from Collier Research, automates structural sizing and load analyses HAMPTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When announcing the completion of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage at a ...

The U.S. Army’s decision to replace their massive UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet with the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor offers the U.S. Coast Guard an interesting opportunity. Rather than wait for a ...

An updated model of Bell’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft on display April 26. Credit: Brian Everstine AURORA, Colorado—An updated model of the Bell V-280 displayed at the U.S. Army’s largest ...