
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 effort, according to Chief Executive Scott Donnelly. The V-280 Valor celebrated the first anniversary of its first flight Dec. 18 and it was announced Jan. 24 the aircraft had amassed 85 flight hours and reached the 280-knots true airspeed mark for which it was named. During an earnings call the…