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Bell To Begin Build This Month Of 360 Invictus Prototype For Army’s FARA Program

Bell To Begin Build This Month Of 360 Invictus Prototype For Army’s FARA Program
Bell 360 Invictus

Bell [TXT] is set to begin the build this month of its 360 Invictus competitive prototype for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, with the aircraft to be completed by summer of 2022 ahead of first flight in the fall of that year.  Keith Flail, Bell’s executive vice president of advanced vertical lift systems, also told Defense Daily the company is planning for Army test pilots to conduct another flight in November of its V-280 Valor offering for…

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