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The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. [2] The aircraft was officially unveiled at the 2013 Army Aviation Association of America's (AAAA) Annual Professional Forum and Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas.
Helicopters; Future Vertical Lift Helicopters: Multirole Helicopters: Army: Version to enter service between 2025-2035. [11] Bell V-280 Valor: Tiltrotor Military helicopter: Army: To enter service around 2030 [12]
those that can design, certify and manufacture new designs from scratch and those that can only manufacture extant designs under license. Boeing Vertol is an example of the first type and Kawasaki Heavy Industries , who license-produced Boeing Vertol designs for much of its recent history, is an example of the second.
Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a plan [1] to develop a family of military helicopters for the United States Armed Forces. Five different sizes of aircraft are to be developed, sharing common hardware such as sensors, avionics, engines, and countermeasures. [2] The U.S. Army has been considering the program since 2004. [3]
On September 30, 2008, Bell received a contract for Lot 5 H-1 aircraft. These 15 aircraft in Lot 5 include 11 UH-1Ys and four AH-1Zs, bringing the total contracted number to 49 upgraded H-1 aircraft for the Marine Corps: 37 UH-1Ys and 12 AH-1Zs. At that time, the company had delivered 20 upgraded H-1 helicopters: 14 UH-1Ys and six AH-1Zs.
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In new satellite imagery, Russia's military appears to be packing up equipment at a key airbase in Syria. The images show transport aircraft ready to load cargo at the Hmeimim Air Base on Friday.
Production of a further 17 aircraft was planned [needs update] to begin in 2020. [11] [13] The total FY2015 program cost is $4.718 billion for 23 helicopters, at an average cost of $205M per aircraft. [14] In July 2016, the design passed its Critical Design Review, clearing it for production. [15]