Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army designated Bell's V-280 Valor as its next-generation air assault vehicle, the MV-75. The tiltrotor is part of the Army ...

Tilt rotor aircraft like the V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor combine the vertical takeoff capability of helicopters with the ...

For the past several decades the U.S. Army's airborne capabilities have been defined by a helicopter the entire world knows as the Black Hawk. Made by Sikorsky and flown for the first time in 1974, ...

Bell Textron Inc., already one the largest employers in the Metroplex, has chosen its hometown of Fort Worth to build components for the next generation of military assault helicopters. The news, ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The chief executive of Bell Helicopter said on Wednesday he was confident that the company's concept for the U.S. Army's next-generation helicopter would be selected for flight ...

The Bell V-280 Valor was selected as the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft after the US military concluded the Black Hawk’s biggest limits were speed and range. Built as a tiltrotor, it targets at ...

Bell Helicopter and Sikorsky/Boeing could usher in a new era for military rotorcraft in 2017 when they fly their competing V-280 Valor and SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrators. In the final days of ...

Spirit’s rapid prototyping facility in Wichita, Kansas, designed and assembled the unit in 22 months. The composite fuselage will ship to Bell’s Amarillo, Texas, facility for final assembly.

A V-280 Valor in flight. Bell is modifying the V-280 and pairing it with the V-247 drone to compete for the US Navy's Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike programme. (Bell) The US Navy (USN) is ...

The US Army designated Bell's V-280 Valor as its next-generation air assault vehicle, the MV-75. The tiltrotor is part of the Army's plan to modernize its aging fleet of military helicopters. The Army ...