Bell's V-280 Valor was selected in 2022 as the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, chosen over the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X. The FLRAA is part of the Army's broader effort to modernize its ...

Bell's V-280 Valor rotorcraft, designated the MV-75, is designed to fly faster and longer than the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters it's set to replace.

Developed by Bell Textron, a Texas-based aerospace company, the V-280 was designed with "transformational increases in speed, range, and maneuverability," the Army said in a 2020 release. Propelled by ...

Bell’s V-280 Valor has naturally been compared to the V-22 Osprey, but they are very different beasts. Updated:May 10, 2025 02:11 PM EST 1 Energy 🚀 ...

Bell Helicopter Textron experimented with the twin-engine proof-of-concept XV-15 tilt-rotor in the 1970s, and in the 1980s teamed with Boeing to produce the V-22 Osprey.

Sikorsky has multiple concept aircraft in the works, including an electric-powered "blown wing" designed with twin propellers to take off vertically then level out in flight.

In 2023, DARPA commissioned four companies to propose designs for an experimental aircraft. These companies included Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Textron, Northrop Grumman, and Piasecki Aircraft ...

During a January 2023 visit to Bell headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, the company’s vice-president of engineering Jason Hurst described the concept as something “brand new” in aviation.

Although the transforming nature of tiltrotor aircraft seems ripped straight out of a sci-fi flick, the development of the technology started in the 1950s.