(Photo : Danazar /Wikipedia )
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.
HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS
By
(Photo : Tnr20/Wikimedia)
According to the aerospace company, the Bell 360 Invictus next general assault helicopter is at 30 percent completion. The prototype will be ready to fly by the end of 2022, when entirely constructed in Amarillo, Texas.
Bell 360 Invictus status
Keith Flail, Bell s vice president of next-generation vertical lift systems, stated parts like interior structure and fuselage skin of the X-aircraft are all install, reported Vertical Lift Mag.
He told reporters that structure and skins are getting assembled on the aircraft, next will installing systems to follow. This was said by the company official on the occasion of Bell s virtual media day last March 24.
Tennessee-based
Barrett Firearms on Wednesday pulled down a big U.S. Army contract for new MK22 Advanced Sniper Rifles. The $49.9 million five-year firm-fixed-price contract announcement covers procurement of Multi-Role Adaptive Rifle/MK22 Advanced Sniper Rifles, spare parts, accessories, tools, and conversion kits. The U.S. Special Operations Command in 2019 tapped Barrett to produce ASRs, as part of an effort to continue “development of enhanced capabilities to improve performance” of “individual sniper weapons to engage out to 1500 meters.” The MK22 used by the Army is based on Barret s MRAD rifle. (Photo: Barrett) SOCOM’s MK22 is based on Barrett s MRAD bolt-action precision rifle in .338 Norma Mag. The MRAD uses a monolithic upper receiver with caliber conversion kits utilizing a separate barrel assembly and bolt that allows it to be swapped to .300 Norma Mag and 7.62 NATO. As such, the overall length of the MK22 can vary from 43.6-inches when f
Representative Image
Beating Retreat ceremony to have Swarnim Vijay composition marking 50 years of India s victory over Pak ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 10:48 IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): A special new composition Swarnim Vijay would be played to commemorate the 50 years of India s 1971 victory over Pakistan in the Beating Retreat ceremony to be held on January 29 to mark the end of the four-day-long 72nd Republic Day festivities.
The composition will be led by Lieutenant colonel Vimal Joshi and Havildar Jiwan Rasaily during a quick march at the historical Vijay Chowk where the ceremony takes place.
Among other new compositions this year, the Air Force band will have Tiranga Senani and Nida Yodha, Navy Band will have Bharat Vandana, Army Mil band will have Garud Prahar and Sambodhan Eco and Massed Band will have Bharat Ke Jawan.