V-280 Valor

The Bell [TXT] V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has met all U.S. Army Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration (JMR-TD) program in flight testing, and the company plans […]

NASHVILLE — The Boeing [BA]-Sikorsky built SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrator is set to undertake its third flight in the next 10 days to accomplish frequency sweeps and to check several […]

The Army could have a speedy, long-range Black Hawk replacement within 10 years, provided the service sticks to its own schedule, as long as the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) […]

Bell’s [TXT] chief executive shares the view of parent company Textron leadership that internal investment in the V-280 Valor program should sundown at year-end without new funding streams from the […]

The SB-1 Defiant has begun spinning rotors in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team is readying the compound helicopter prototype for its first flight early this […]

Bell needs significantly more investment by the Army in its Future Vertical Lift program or parent company Textron [TXT] may be forced to pull funding from the advanced tiltrotor development […]

The V-280 Valor achieved a forward flight speed of 280 knots, an important milestone for the tiltrotor aircraft that has now lived up to its namesake target speed. This speed […]

FORT WORTH, Texas – The V-280 Valor on Dec. 18 celebrated a full year of flight during which it has flown more than 80 hours and reached speeds of more […]

First flight of the SB-1 Defiant compound helicopter prototype has been pushed to 2019, officials from program partners Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced Dec. 12. Sikorsky, which developed […]

While flight testing the Black Hawk-sized V-280 advanced tiltrotor, Bell [TXT] also has developed a smaller aircraft in anticipation of the U.S. Army’s need for a light scout aircraft, according […]