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In October 2021, Bell and Rolls-Royce jointly announced that the V-280 Valor powerplant would switch from the T64 turboshaft used on the prototype to a derivative of the Rolls-Royce T406/AE 1107C used on the Osprey, which would be named the AE 1107F. At the same time as increasing power from 5,000 to 7,000 horsepower, the AE 1107 is a known ...
V-22 in flight V-280 in flight. Bell XV-3; Bell XV-15; Bell Pointer; Bell V-247 Vigilant – currently in development; Bell V-280 Valor – currently in development, first flown 2017; V-22 Osprey – with Boeing BDS; TR918 Eagle Eye UAV; Quad TiltRotor – with Boeing BDS; Bell BAT (1984 tiltrotor project for LHX programme – not built)
On 11 August 2014, the Army informed the Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell-Lockheed teams that they had chosen the SB-1 Defiant and V-280 Valor to continue with the JMR demonstration program. The aircraft designs show the Army is pursuing both coaxial and tilt-rotor designs, and preferring larger and established contractors over the smaller entries.
Huge news for Fort Worth: The Army chose Bell Textron over Lockheed Martin and others to develop the next generation of combat aircraft, based on Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor.
Development on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program and its winner, the Bell V-280 Valor, is continuing. [27] Reactions to the cancellation were mixed, noting that $9 billion had been spent over two decades on multiple cancelled programs, resulting in no replacement, and leaving the Army to rely on existing types to fill the role.
In the summer of 2019, flights were suspended to address a bearing issue with the main rotor. Flight testing resumed on 24 September 2019. [19] The aircraft reached a speed of 211 knots during level flight in October 2020. [20] By December 2020, the demonstrator had logged 26 flight hours in 31 flights over the 21 months since first flight. [21]
The U.S. military will take its first step in getting its V-22 Osprey back in the skies. The news comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed a plan for a measured return to operations.
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the only crewed tiltrotor in production to date. A tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers to vertical like a helicopter's rotors.