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After three years, Bell V-280 Valor achieves 200 flights from testing the advanced vertical lift systems unit. This next generation is derived from the Osprey but with improvements.
Bell V-280 Valor, tilt-rotor craft
This one of the technology demonstrators designed to illustrate to the US Army what it can do in the Future Vertical Lift capability with the time it has been flown from three years back, said Keith Flail, the company s executive vice president advanced vertical lift systems, reported Defense News.
On December 18, 2017, at 1:59 p.m., the Valor tiltrotor flew for its first flight in CDT at a Bell facility in Amarillo, Texas. Reporters noted that the aircraft was only airborne for about 15 to 20 minutes before it landed again.
(Photo : Sgt. Dana Clarke, U.S. Army/wiki-commons)
Finally, Lockheed Martin and Boeing unveiled the Defiant X, the next-generation replacement for the aging UH-60 Black Hawk, its current all-purpose helicopter. Changes in enemy defenses require a new chopper that faster and quieter, with the strong points of the UH-60.
Defiant X Candidate for U.S. Army s FLRAA
The US Army is looking for another helicopter to replace the Black Hawk, and the Advanced helicopter is a development from its SB>1 demonstrator prototype. Competition for the US Army s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract that will introduce a helicopter that can fly farther and faster reported News Atlas.