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Bell has suggested that their design could be ready for other services' helicopter replacement programs before the Army is ready to award a bid. [37] On December 5, 2022, the Army selected Bell Textron for the FLRAA contract award, [38] [39] with GAO overriding a program dispute from the Sikorsky-Boeing team. [40]
The contract was awarded in 1996 to Bell Helicopter, the original manufacturer of both aircraft, to design the new airframes as modernized attack and utility helicopters with considerable design commonality, to reduce operating costs. The upgraded type entered service starting in the early 2000s, and have become the dominant type in the USMC as ...
To enter service around 2040 [9] High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System: ISR/SIGINT: Army: To enter service around 2027. [10] 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]
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.
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]
In 2008, the UH-1Y entered service with the Marine Corps and also began full-rate production. [6] The new UH-1 variant replaced the USMC's UH-1N Twin Huey light utility helicopters, introduced in the early 1970s. The helicopter (and related Bell AH-1Z Viper) were ordered by the Czech Republic and the helicopter is in production in the early ...
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.
The AVX/L3 candidate design was unveiled at the summit of the Army Aviation Association of America in April 2019. [2] The design, which AVX/L3 call the Compound Coaxial Helicopter (CCH), uses a side-by-side cockpit with main compound coaxial rotors; ducted fans at the tail provide both forward and reverse thrust. [11] [12]