Partners on the program include Lockheed Martin, GE, Moog, IAI, TRU Simulation & Training, Astronics, Eaton, GKN Aerospace, Lord, Meggitt and Spirit AeroSystems. It's not long now until the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft enters operation, bringing an end to a decades-old reign in this segment for the Bell. Additional information about this Brickmania custom building kit: A model as cutting edge as the craft itself, the V-280 Valor features the iconic rotary-tilt. Its development program is part of the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator program. By eliminating forward refueling points alone, leaders can focus on operational goals while minimizing logistical burdens.”įlight testing of the V-280 is planned to continue for the next year to prove key performance parameters and to expand the performance envelope in areas such as low-speed agility maneuvers, angles of bank and autonomous flight. Ryan Ehinger, V-280 program manager at Bell said, “Cruising at twice the speed of legacy helicopters with double the range really changes the way the US military can enable multi-domain operations. The aircraft has been designed to conduct long range assault missions at twice the speed and range of existing medium lift helicopters. It is named after its cruising speed of 280 knots. The V-280 Valor is a clean sheet design to meet the Army’s medium-size requirement for as many as 4,000 aircraft in the coming years, replacing both the UH-60 Black Hawk and the AH-64 Apache in the utility and attack roles. The V-280 Valor is described by Bell as the next generation of vertical lift aircraft for the US military.
The aircraft has logged 85 hours of flight time during the last year.
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