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Bell Helicopter Focuses On V-280 Reliability, Maintainability To Drive Down Costs

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Bell Helicopter Focuses On V-280 Reliability, Maintainability To Drive Down Costs
Bell Helicopter's V-280 tiltrotor aircraft. Photo: Bell Helicopter.

AMARILLO, Texas—Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] has cut nearly 40 percent of production build time for its very first V-280 from what it initially predicted by focusing on reducing flight hour cost while increasing reliability and maintainability, according to V-280 Program Manager Chris Gehler.Bell Executive Vice President for Strategic Communications and Chief of Staff Robert Hastings told Defense Daily March 1 during a tour of the company’s massive production facilities here that the company is infusing new materials, new design and…

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