Bell

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army set a five-month deadline starting from June 3 for companies to submit bids to replace the UH-72 as the primary trainer for helicopter pilots.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Bell kicked off a local campaign this week to sell the MV-75 tiltrotor to the Canadian military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Bell MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft is the U.S. Army’s first major acquisition system to use model-based systems engineering from the outset.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Robinson Helicopters thinks the time is right for a foray into U.S. military programs as the Army plans to reshape its pilot training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants to speed up fielding the MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) as it reprioritizes its aviation planning.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Strong revenue growth at Bell during the first quarter offset lower-than-expected sales in other divisions, parent company Textron said April 24.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding the tour operator of a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger that crashed in the Hudson River days earlier.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Rotorcraft manufacturers are seeking partners and preparing bids for the U.S. Army’s updated training plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Bell Textron’s 407GXi is available with a new interior package, part of the company’s latest entry to its Designer Series.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Tony Osborne
Australia’s McDermott Aviation owns the type certificate to the twin-engine, 8-metric-ton helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leaders in the sector say business is on an upward trajectory after years of stagnation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter manufacturers are beginning to turn their attention to modernizing their bestsellers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Studies are helping allies understand the technologies and trade-offs they face with new rotorcraft architectures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Canada is seeking multiple types to make its tactical rotorcraft fleet relevant in the face of new High North defense challenges.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) believes it may need multiple types to replace its Bell CH-146 Griffons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
With fighter recapitalization decisions made, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and others turn their attention to helicopter capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Stop-fold tiltrotor tests; EcoPulse lessons learned; Black Hawk advanced controls; China’s AAM avionics supplier.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Bell has completed wind-tunnel testing of its proposed X-plane for a DARPA project to demonstrate a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Bill Carey
The partnership of five agencies operates from a facility in Boise, Idaho, and is responsible for wildland fire management of 674 million acres of federal land.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Suzhou-based WeFly says the agreement with Ruohang is the largest single eVTOL purchase order so far signed in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As Bell finalizes the design, Army aviators are relearning how to perform the air assault mission at speeds up to 300 kt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A market research effort opened by the Army on Oct. 8 proposes a revamp of the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight training program at Fort Novosel, Alabama.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The Army's next rotorcraft is still in development, but officials are planning its first upgrade—a big shift in the service's approach to aircraft acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Operations