Bell’s V-280 Valor Just Won the Most Important Army Helicopter Competition In 40 Years

Bell’s V-280 Valor Just Won the Most Important Army Helicopter Competition In 40 Years

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It’s official. Yesterday, the U.S. Army announced it has selected Bell Textron The tiltrotor V-280, so called in a nod to the Army’s long held goal of a VTOL troop transport that could reach at least 280 knots (322 mph), beat out Sikorsky-Boeing’s coaxial-rotor Defiant X for the FLRAA program…

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