Breaking from Bell Helicopters
The V280 has reached its operational speed, 280 knots today!
Bell and Team Valor continue to methodically and very successfully expand the flight envelope. The aircraft continues to prove its performance is well beyond legacy rotorcraft and will deliver revolutionary capability for warfighters as part of the Future of Vertical Lift (FVL) program. The V280 is competeing against the Sikorsky SB1>D, which is based off of their S97 “Raider”
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