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 ...
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 ...
New Atlas

Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor hits namesake 280 knots for the first time

Bell's V-280 Valor tiltrotor combat aircraft lived up to its name on Wednesday as it pegged the speedometer at a true airspeed of 280 knots (322 mph, 518 km/h), or twice that of conventional ...
Stars and Stripes

Army selects Bell Textron tiltrotor as successor to Black Hawk helicopter

Bell Textron will develop a tiltrotor replacement for the Army’s venerable Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced Tuesday. The Army awarded Bell a contract to develop its V-280 Valor under the ...
WFAA8

Bell wants its V-280 Valor to replace the Blackhawk. Now it's testing in Arlington

After six years of design, development and testing in Amarillo, the Bell V-280 Valor is now in residence at the company’s flight research center in Arlington. The aircraft, designed primarily to carry ...
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 ...
Yahoo

Bell Textron chooses Fort Worth for major expansion to build V-280 Valor military aircraft

Bell Textron Inc., already one the largest employers in the Metroplex, has chosen its hometown of Fort Worth to build components for the next generation of military assault helicopters. The news, ...
Flightglobal

Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor reaches 300kt

Bell pushed its V-280 Valor tiltrotor to 300kt (556km/h) in a March test flight, surpassing its previous top speed for which it is named, 280kt. Believing that it has sufficiently proven the ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Popular Mechanics

Can This Tiltrotor Replace the Black Hawk Helicopter?

The Army's Black Hawk helicopters lead a hard life. Over the next decade or so the Pentagon will need to begin replacing the ubiquitous UH-60 medium-lift helos, and when it does, it will require ...