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Army

Bell To Keep Fuselage Production For Army’s FLRAA In Kansas

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

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Bell To Keep Fuselage Production For Army’s FLRAA In Kansas

The V-280 Valor. Bell photo.

Bell [TXT] said on Wednesday it will keep production of the fuselage for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in Wichita, Kansas, after taking on the assembly work in-house. Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems [SPR] was the original manufacturer of the FLRAA fuselage, before Bell decided to take on the production following Boeing’s [BA] pending $8.3 billion acquisition of Spirit that is expected to close in mid-2025. "As Bell prepares for the next stage of FLRAA’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development…

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