Bell says its V-280 Valor contender for FLRAA builds on more than 500,000 hr. of operational experience with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. Credit: Bell If the competitions become about design maturity, ...

The general public has come to know the concept of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) machines only recently, thanks to the many startups out there working on delivering new transportation solutions ...

Program officials at Bell, a contender in the Army's Future Vertical Lift program, will soon install a sophisticated sensor package on the V-280 Valor designed to ensure pilots know about enemy ...

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator flies along a shoreline. The aircraft has been flying for three years and logged 200 flight hours. (Photo courtesy of Bell). WASHINGTON — Bell’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system took flight for the first time aboard the V-280 Valor, Bell Helicopter ...

In future conflicts, attack reconnaissance aircraft will be key to “achieving and sustaining overmatch against potential competitors and enduring asymmetric threats by closing or mitigating gaps in ...

Bell has installed a Tactical Common Datalink on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor, a communications device that can pass back targeting data to precision long-range weapons. The company conducted ...

Merging two cutting-edge technologies, Lockheed Martin flew its Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system aboard a Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft for the first time last month. The multi ...

Second Milestone in 30 Days as New Light Tiltrotor Progresses to Max Speed Test. Bell’s V-280 Valor light tiltrotor aircraft has flown in level flight with its tiltrotors in the horizontal/cruise mode ...

Bell helicopter has now attached the wing to the fuselage of a new, next-generation tiltrotor aircraft engineered to reach speeds of 280 knots, fly for 800 kilometers on one tank of fuel, hover and ...