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Construction of Bell’s V-280 On Track For Flight Demo in 2017

Valerie Insinna

Friday, October 16th, 2015

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Construction of Bell’s V-280 On Track For Flight Demo in 2017

Bell V-280 Valor Image: Bell Helicopter

Bell Helicopter [TXT] is working furiously to build its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft in time for the Army’s joint multirole program (JMR) flight demonstrations in September 2017, a company official said on Wednesday.“At the end of 2016, what you'll see is our entire prototype put together with the exception of the rotors installed,” Keith Flail, Bell's program director of future vertical lift, said at the Association for the U.S. Army annual symposium.With the Army dependent on its legacy fleet of…

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