Defense News

Bell’s V-280 Valor hits 200 hours of flight time 3 years after first flight

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator flies along a shoreline. The aircraft has been flying for three years and logged 200 flight hours. (Photo courtesy of Bell). WASHINGTON — Bell’s ...
The National Interest

Bell’s V-280 Valor Aircraft Has the Best of Both Worlds

Bell’s milestone “scorecard” is focused on continued efforts to refine and evolve some of the V-280’s distinct advantages, including its speed and range. These aspects massively change the paradigm in ...
Business Wire

Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) announced today that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range ...
Flightglobal

Bell to roll back V-280 funding until US Army competition

Bell plans to make no more significant investments in its V-280 Valor tiltrotor until the US Army makes a commitment to Future Vertical Lift Capability Set 1 or Capability Set 3 programmes. After the ...
Defense News

Bell’s V-280 Valor shows off agility, speed in first public flight demo

Defense News saw Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor perform a demonstration flight in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday. And V-280 continues to push the envelope as it flies deeper into the Joint Multi-Role ...
Flightglobal

Bell V-280 to begin autonomous flight tests in ‘next couple of months’

Bell plans to start autonomous flight tests of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor demonstrator in “the next couple of months.” The company loaded the aircraft with its autonomous flight control software in the ...
New Atlas

Maiden flight for Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor

Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time. The December 18 flight at the company's Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas comes only a little over two ...
NextBigFuture

Bell ground test V-280 Valor which will be twice as fast as Apache choppers

The Bell V-280 Valor is a third-generation tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin for the United States Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. Video was recently ...
New Atlas

Bell V-280 goes into first cruise flight

Bell's experimental V-280 Valor has made its first cruise flight. A video released by the company shows the tilt-rotor aircraft flying with its propellers tilted to forward for the first time on May ...
The Aviationist

Bell V-280 Valor Next-Generation Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Prototype Has Just Made Its First Flight

The Bell V-280 Valor prototype has successfully achieved first flight at the Bell Helicopter assembly facility in Amarillo, TX. On Dec. 18, the first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration N280BH, ...
Aviation Today

Bell Confirms V-280 Autonomous Flight, Prepares for Army FLRAA Decision in March

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft completed a successful autonomous test flight in December, as the company readies for an Army downselect decision in March to continue forward ...