Bell V-280

By Sash Tusa Aug 09, 2023
The rotary-wing industry model is fracturing, and a much smaller U.S. civil rotorcraft industry is likely as civil and military requirements diverge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine Jun 01, 2023
With Osprey orders ending and the Chinook awaiting a major U.S. Army decision, Boeing is devising a new future for its Philadelphia campus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine Apr 27, 2023
The U.S. military’s V-22 operators—the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force—have reached the end of their programs of record for the tiltrotor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine Apr 25, 2023
Sikorsky is staying positive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia Apr 19, 2023
The companies, services and people dependent on today’s promising new generation of aircraft would do well to heed the lessons of the past.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne Apr 12, 2023
Lisa Atherton, Bell’s chief operating officer, has been named the rotorcraft company’s next CEO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble Apr 07, 2023
Connecticut lawmakers are frustrated that they still have not received a briefing from the Army that explains their reasoning for selecting Bell's FLRAA bid.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble Apr 06, 2023
The decision by the Government Accountability Office clears Bell to resume development of the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FLRAA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine Mar 14, 2023
The U.S. Army wants $1.5 billion for its Future Vertical Lift programs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris Feb 21, 2023
An upturn in commercial deliveries marks turnaround for Bell as the long-delayed certification of the 525 helicopter nears.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren Feb 14, 2023
Australia ditches problematic European choppers for U.S. ones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble Feb 10, 2023
Lockheed Martin's supplemental protest entered the protest docket on Feb. 6, or 40 days after the Sikorsky parent filed the first complaint against the Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim Jan 26, 2023
Sikorsky is looking ahead to applying its X2 coaxial rigid-rotor compound helicopter technology to commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine Jan 10, 2023
The Army wants its Black Hawk replacement fielded quickly, though the schedule faces uncertainty as the Government Accountability Office reviews Bell’s award.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson Jun 24, 2021
Bell is formally transitioning the V-280 from the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program to focus on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble Jun 03, 2020
A Bell V-280 tiltrotor has become the first aircraft to fly with GKN thermoplastic composite parts made from recycled waste material.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson Jan 08, 2020
The Bell V-280 Valor flies its first public demonstration of 2020 at Bell’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick Dec 13, 2019
The demo will showcase the capability designed into the V-280’s fly-by-wire flight control system.
Defense and Space