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While technical specifics for these proprietary offerings are not likely to be made available due to the ongoing competition, it is clear that the Army is interested in funding the next-generation engineering to advance new, innovative tiltrotor technology.

The multi-year development of the V-280 has included extensive flight testing, with both Bell and Army helicopter pilots flying the Valor.

With sales of Sikorsky’s new Marine Corps helicopter offsetting declining Black Hawk...

With sales of Sikorsky’s new Marine Corps helicopter offsetting declining Black Hawk...

With sales of Sikorsky’s new Marine Corps helicopter offsetting declining Black Hawk...

A flight-proven tiltrotor and advanced helicopter are the optimum solutions for transformational air assault and attack/recon.

Despite tightening budgets, the Army’s pushing ahead with its plan to replace the Reagan-era UH-60 Black Hawk with a high-speed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). It’ll pick between Bell’s V-280 and the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant-X next year, with the winner entering service in 2030. By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 12, 2021 at 11:56 AM

Bell tunes new V-280 software to enhance aircraft handling qualities 18 December 2020 by Pat Host Bell is tuning a new set of software for its V-280 Valor tiltrotor that gives the aircraft improved handling qualities, according to a company official. Ryan Ehinger, V-280 vice-president and programme director, told Janes on 15 December that this software added additional capabilities that would reduce pilot workload. This includes position hold and attitude hold, he said. Bell is tuning a new set...

V-280 clocks 200th flight hour before third flight anniversary By Dan Parsons | December 17, 2020 Estimated reading time 10 minutes, seconds. In the three years it has been flying, Bell’s V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has spent 200 hours in the air on more than 150 flights, amassing reams of data it will use to compete in the Army’s soon-to-be-launched search for a Black Hawk replacement.  Valor remains a Bell aircraft, but developed in partnership and with some funding from the U.S. ...