Defense United States will resume flights with the V-22 Osprey The United States armed forces announced the resumption of the flights with the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor even… Ricardo MeierMarch 8, 2024 Read More
Defense War in Ukraine causes US Army to abandon development of new helicopter The Russian invasion of Ukraine claimed ‘two victims’ thousands of miles from the conflict, the Bell 360 Invictus… Ricardo MeierFebruary 9, 2024 Read More
Defense United States and Japan ground all V-22 Ospreys after fatal crash The United States military has ordered the grounding of the fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, manufactured by Bell… Ricardo MeierDecember 7, 2023 Read More
Defense Sikorsky is defeated in appeal against selection of Bell V-280 Valor for the US Army The Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent audit body, has denied a protest by Sikorsky against the US… Ricardo MeierApril 8, 2023 Read More
Helicopters Bell 505 becomes the first single engine helicopter to fly with 100% SAF Bell Textron announced on Thursday that the Bell 505 helicopter performed a flight fueled with 100% SAF, the… Ricardo MeierFebruary 22, 2023 Read More
Defense Sikorsky disputes US Army’s choice of Bell V-280 tiltrotor Sikorsky, part of the Lockheed Martin group, filed on Wednesday a formal protest against the US Army questioning… Thiago VinholesDecember 30, 2022 Read More
Defense Bell V-280 tiltrotor will replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the US Army Bell was awarded a major US Army contract on Monday to be declared the winner of the FLRAA… Ricardo MeierDecember 6, 2022 Read More
Defense Bell 360 Invictus scout helicopter is almost ready Previously known only from concept illustrations, the Bell 360 Invictus scout and reconnaissance helicopter was presented near completion.… Thiago VinholesJuly 13, 2022 Read More
Defense Bell unveils three hybrid tiltrotor jet propulsion concept aircraft Bell unveiled three aircraft concepts that use HSVTOL (High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing) technology, that “blends the hover… Ricardo MeierAugust 3, 2021 Read More
Defense Tilt-rotor V-280 Valor completes test flight program Bell announced on Thursday that the tilt-rotor V-280 Valor aircraft has completed its flight test program after three… Ricardo MeierJune 24, 2021 Read More
Defense Could Sikorsky’s X2 technology win bids from the US military for new helicopters? Two of the most traditional helicopter manufacturers in the U.S. are competing for historic contracts with the Pentagon… Ricardo MeierFebruary 15, 2021 Read More
History Chuck Yeager, the first “supersonic” person, dies at 97 Aviation legend Charles “Chuck” Elwood Yeager passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 97.… Ricardo MeierDecember 8, 2020 Read More
Defense Bell and Sikorsky are selected in the US Army’s FARA program The US Army has announced the selection of two of the five competitors in the FARA program, which… Ricardo MeierMarch 26, 2020 Read More
Defense Boeing unveils its conceptual FARA helicopter Last competitor to present its proposal for the FARA program (Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft), Boeing revealed on Tuesday… Ricardo MeierMarch 3, 2020 Read More
Helicopters Nearly a year later, Bell unveils 429 helicopter with electric tail rotors Bell kept a secret in Canada for almost nine months. Since May 2019, the manufacturer has been testing… Ricardo MeierFebruary 26, 2020 Read More
Defense Tilt-rotor Osprey starts replacing the C-2 Greyhound on board US aircraft carriers One of the oldest aircraft used by the U.S. Navy on board its aircraft carriers will begin to… Ricardo MeierFebruary 10, 2020 Read More
Air Mobility Bell unveils Nexus 4EX, its revised flying taxi at CES 2020 When it launched its Elevate project in 2016, Uber caused a race between start-ups and major manufacturers interested… Ricardo MeierJanuary 8, 2020 Read More
Helicopters Bell reveals 360 Invictus, its proposal for the FARA program Bell had already anticipated that its proposal for the US Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program would… Ricardo MeierOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Helicopters US Army selects competitors for its next scout helicopter The US Army has selected five teams to develop and test prototypes for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft… Ricardo MeierApril 26, 2019 Read More
General Aviation Helicopters World’s first civil tilt-rotor, AW609 has started production One of the most controversial aircraft projects in the world is coming close to becoming a reality. Leonardo,… Ricardo MeierApril 19, 2019 Read More