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Bell V-280 Valor Is a Game Changing Military Aircraft, Testing Continues

There is presently only one tiltrotor military aircraft in operation, and that’s the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The machine just passed an important milestone in March, reaching the 600,000 flight hours ...
New Atlas

V-280 Valor masters slow hover to meet Army handling requirements

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft has completed a milestone hover and low-speed agility key performance parameter (KPP) test. Part of the US Army-led Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator ...
The National Interest

Bell’s V-280 Valor Aircraft Has the Best of Both Worlds

The V-280, which has been in development for many years, has reached a number of key milestones. After first taking flight in 2017, the V-280 hit 200 knots and carried out low-speed agility tests and ...
autoevolution

Bell V-280 Valor to Land, Roll, and Brake Using French-Made Gear

It's not long now until the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft enters operation, bringing an end to a decades-old reign in this segment for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. Testing of the aircraft is ...
Defense News

Bell’s V-280 Valor shows off agility, speed in first public flight demo

Defense News saw Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor perform a demonstration flight in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday. And V-280 continues to push the envelope as it flies deeper into the Joint Multi-Role ...
Popular Mechanics

The V-280 Valor Will Become the Army’s Next-Gen Assault Transport

The U.S. Army has picked a tiltrotor aircraft to satisfy its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program—one that offers major performance advantages over the existing UH-60 Blackhawk. The V-280 Valor ...
Business Wire

Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) announced today that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range ...
The Aviationist

Slow Motion Videos Of The Bell V-280 Valor Prototype Provide Interesting Details About The Next-Generation Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

Take a look at these amazing clips filmed at 120 frames per second. On Jul. 31, the first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration N280BH, performed a flight demo for invited media and dignitariest ...
New Atlas

Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor hits namesake 280 knots for the first time

Bell's V-280 Valor tiltrotor combat aircraft lived up to its name on Wednesday as it pegged the speedometer at a true airspeed of 280 knots (322 mph, 518 km/h), or twice that of conventional ...