Bell’s V-280 Tiltrotor Achieves Low-Speed Agility Goal

Credit: Bell
Bell has achieved Level 1 handling qualities with the V-280 Valor, demonstrating that the advanced tiltrotor has low-speed agility that matches or betters that of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Demonstrating that a tiltrotor could have the affordability and low-speed maneuverability to...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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