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 ...

As the U.S. Army moves closer to deciding on which Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) it may choose, evaluations are heavily focused on upgradeability. This makes sense: the Army has... Bell’s ...

Spirit AeroSystems is ramping up its work in the defense industry following Bell Helicopter’s announcement Monday that it selected Spirit to build the fuselage of a prototype tilt-rotor aircraft for ...

Pilots demonstrated the capabilities of the V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft Thursday at the Bell Flight Research Center in Arlington. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Bell Textron on Tuesday formally ...

This compilation introduces four cutting-edge rotorcraft that showcase the future of U.S. military aviation. From the Bell ...

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.

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 ...

FORT WORTH—Bell Helicopter has been quietly studying commercial derivatives of its V-280 tiltrotor, but says the civil version will only be possible if the aircraft is adopted by the military first.

Bell engineers completely “took apart” their V-280 tiltrotor aircraft to ensure the platform can perform at an optimal level for decades into the future. Reliability and service life, coupled with ...