Along with the assault transport tilt rotor aircraft offered to the Army, the Valor team is also suggesting an attack variant equipped with internally carried missiles, including side launching common launchers. Aft of this position is the passenger/cargo cabin with sliding doors to either side of the fuselage. The company is in the detailed design phase of the V-280’s development, and the aircraft is expected to be ready for flight testing in September 2017. The SB-1 technology demonstrator is in direct competition with the in-development V-280 'Valor' being offered by Bell Helicopters for the same high-speed, transport-minded Army requirement. The V-280 will be able to fly 14 troop transport missions, medical evacuation, carry supplies and deliver loads more effectively using two sling loads and large six-foot wide doors.īell has gathered a team to build and fly test the Valor demonstrator. The V-280 Valor will be able to fly twice the range of current helicopters, cruising at 280 knots it will cover a combat range of 500 to 800 nautical miles, enabling ground forces to control much larger areas of operation. Unlike the V-22, where the entire engine and rotor are rotated up for takeoff, landing and hovering, the V-280 is designed with rotating rotors, maintaining the two engines in fixed positions on the win tips. Expected maximum takeoff weight is around 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg). It has a top speed of 300 knots (345 mph 556 km/h), a range of 2,100 nautical miles (2,400 mi 3,900 km), and an effective combat range of 500 to 800 nmi (580 to 920 mi 930 to 1,480 km). Larger than the current UH-60 Black Hawk, but smaller than the V-22 Osprey Bell and Boeing have supplied the Marine Corps and SOCOM, V-280 represents a third-generation tiltrotor aircraft designed for the Joint Multi-Role demonstrator and Future Vertical Lift programs. The V-280 is designed for a cruising speed of 280 knots (320 mph 520 km/h), hence the name V-280. Photo: Noam Eshel, Defense-Update:īell unveiled here a full-scale model of its V-280 Valor, the next generation in tiltrotor aircraft the US Army is considering as a future UH-60 Black Hawk replacement for the 2030. The nacelles will be built by IAI, which yesterday has joined the industry team building the future tilt-rotor aircraft. Photo: Noam Eshel, Defense-Update The main difference between the V-22 and V280 designs is the absence of engine rotation in the Valor, where only the rotors are rotated up or down.
The announcement arrived on Decemand represents the service’s largest. Bell Helicopter is experimenting with a completely new cockpit design for the V-280 Valor tilt-rotor featuring a massive touchscreen avionics interface that.
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Up to 19000 feet of service ceilings are provided.Bell has unveiled a full scale model of the next generation tilt-rotot – V280 Valor. Army has awarded the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract to Bell and its V-280 Valor tiltrotor.
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