ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft entered the build phase under Bell Textron as part of the SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies program, the agency announced in a statement.

FORTH WORTH, Tex. Bell Textron is the first company chosen to continue in the competition for the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, which means that Bell and its team will advance to the second phase of the Army competition, which seeks to modernize Army helicopter training. 

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. The U.S. Army’s MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program is moving beyond conceptual adoption of a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to full-scale execution through digital engineering and model-based systems engineering (MBSE), Bell Helicopter said in a recent statement.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama. The U.S. Army assigned the designation MV-75 to its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, marking a formal milestone in the effort to replace portions of the Black Hawk fleet with a faster, longer-range platform, the Army announced in a statement.

AMARILLO, Texas. Bell Textron and Boeing announced the upcoming completion of the CV-22 Osprey Program of Record for the U.S. Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.

FORT WORTH, Texas. The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program has entered the Milestone B phase after approval by the United States Army, marking the start of its Program of Record (PoR), according to a statement from Bell Textron.

MIRABEL, Canada. Bell Textron Canada Limited conducted the first flight of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) modernized CH-146 Griffon helicopter under the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) project, the company announced in a statement.