Bell’s MV-75 Faces Headwinds From Difficult Year

Pete Hegseth with soldiers by MV-75 mockup

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Army’s Air Assault School with an MV-75 mockup in May.

Credit: Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Brann/U.S. Navy
When the U.S. Army announced that Bell’s MV-75 would be named the Cheyenne II six months ago, the service’s aviation leaders warned that the tiltrotor’s accelerated schedule would face challenges. Bell continued progress despite U.S. Army stop-work order Schedule impacts have yet to be determined A...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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