Bell Retires V-280 Demonstrator

Bell is retiring its V-280 tiltrotor demonstration aircraft, which has flown 214 hours over three years, to focus on "the critical next phase" of the Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) competition. The company will now concentrate on an "optimized design for a fleet of next-generation tiltrotors" in anticipation of the Army's release of a formal request for proposals for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program in the third quarter. 

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