Bell Builds Hours On V-280 Valor, As 360 Invictus Makes Progress

Graham Warwick August 28, 2020
Bell tiltrotor in flight
Bell says its V-280 Valor contender for FLRAA builds on more than 500,000 hr. of operational experience with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor.
Credit: Bell
If the competitions become about design maturity, Bell is confident its contenders for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft have the chops to win. The Bell V-280 Valor demonstrator for the FLRAA has logged almost 180 flight hours since its...
Graham Warwick

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