U.S. Army Sees New Future Vertical Lift Delays

Bell V-280

Bell’s V-280 is a new evolution on the company’s tiltrotor approach to vertical lift, improving upon the V-22 Osprey.

Credit: Bell
The U.S. Army and Bell are free to move forward on the V-280 tiltrotor digital prototypes for the service’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program after the Government Accountability Office denied Sikorsky’s push to protest the deal. That GAO ruling lays out a complicated decision by the Army to...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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