Bell's experimental V-280 Valor has made its first cruise flight. A video released by the company shows the tilt-rotor aircraft flying with its propellers tilted to forward for the first time on May 11, when it reached a top speed of 190 knots (218 mph, 352 km/h)
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Lately Bell Helicopter has been letting its imagination run wild just a little. The company has now dropped into CES with flying taxi cabin design that it says demonstrates its vision for on-demand aircraft that carry people over urban centers.
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Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time. The December 18 flight at the company's Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas comes only a little over two months after the prototype made its first tethered flight at the same location.
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Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor has reached 100 percent rotor RPMs during a tethered ground run test. The tiltrotor, which is capable of reaching twice the speed and range of present helicopters, is expected to make its first flight later this year.
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Bell Helicopter has dipped its toes in the concept waters for the first time with the FCX-001. Unveiled at Heli-Expo 2017, the rotorcraft concept features an airframe crafted from sustainable materials, a hybrid power system, an artificial intelligence co-pilot, and morphing rotor blades.
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Bell helicopter has unveiled its new V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor drone for the US Marine Corps. Like the company's V-22 Osprey, the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) can lift off and hover like a helicopter, yet has the range and speed of a fixed-wing aircraft.
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Bell Helicopter has revealed its V-280 Valor tiltrotor concept that the company will pitch for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role (JMR)/Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.
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