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Bell Retires V-280 Valor From Flight Testing As Focus Shifts To FLRAA Program Of Record

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Bell Retires V-280 Valor From Flight Testing As Focus Shifts To FLRAA Program Of Record
The Bell V-280 Valor. (Bell Flight)

Bell [TXT] said Thursday it is retiring its V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator from active flight testing, after reaching 214 flight hours and a max speed of 305 knots, as it readies for the Army’s official Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program of record. The announcement arrives as the Army is set to release its Request for Proposals for FLRAA production this summer, with a contract to be awarded in late fiscal year 2022 to either Bell or a…

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