U.S. Army Chooses Bell V-280 for Black Hawk Replacement

Bell is expected to deliver prototypes to the Army in 2025, with the aircraft entering the fleet within five years.

Kimberly Johnson

Tuesday, December 06, 2022 at 03:23 PM ET

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The Bell V-280 can go from a hover to a top speed of around 280 knots. [Credit: Bell]

Key Takeaways:

The U.S. Army has selected Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor as its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).
This marks the Army's largest rotorcraft acquisition in about four decades, intended to replace the aging UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet and potentially Apache attack helicopters.
The V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft offering significantly enhanced speed, range, and agility over traditional helicopters, designed for multi-domain operations.

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U.S. Army has selected Bell Textron’s [NYSE: TXT] V-280 Valor tiltrotor as its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), the aircraft manufacturer announced. Bell is a subsidiary of Textron [stock ticker].

The decision for the aircraft slated to replace the service’s aging fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters marks the largest rotorcraft buy for the Army in about four decades.