Air International 2018-12 / News by countries

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor is currently being flight-tested under JMR TD programme.

Air International 2023-07 / P.Kennard - Are helicopters too vulnerable for battle?

The development of innovative concepts along the lines of the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor could generate fresh momentum in the utility/logistics domain. The US Army’s V-280 Valor is a quantum leap compared in technology to the Osprey

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-11 / М.Никольский - Что Запад противопоставит «Аллигаторам» и «Восьмеркам»?

Конвертоплан-демонстратор V-280 на режиме висения

Air International 2020-09 / Focus: UAV, Rotary, Business, Technology

General Electric engines power the Bell V-280 demonstrator but Rolls-Royce is now a supplier on the programme.

Air International 2020-04 / K.Chapman - FLRAA Modernising the Army

18 декабря 2017 г. на территории производственно-испытательного центра Amarillo Assembly Center компании Bell Helicopter состоялся первый самостоятельный полет летательного аппарата с поворотными роторами V-280 Valor. Новая машина создается в рамках американской военной программы Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) и рассматривается в качестве потенциальной замены ряда вертолетов армейской авиации.
V-280 N280BH (c/n 60105) in the hover at Amarillo on December 18, 2017. Bell has designed the V-280 with its T64 engines fixed in the horizontal plane, and a rotating (tilting) nacelle housing a fancy new drive system for the three-blade proprotors. On the V-22 Osprey, the engines are housed in the nacelles and rotate together.
Bell’s first Valor prototype (registration N280BH, c/n 60105) is seen hovering during flight testing. This angle provides a good look at the tiltrotor’s design, which follows a compound fuselage complete with a V-shaped tail instead of a tail rotor. The platform features side doors instead of a ramp and a tricycle landing gear, which is retractable. If selected, the V-280 would be the US Army’s first tiltrotor aircraft

Air International 2021-02 / Focus: UAV, Rotary, Business, Technology, GA

Data transmission and sling load tests were conducted with the V-280 Valor

Air International 2022-08 / R.Thomas - Digital by design

Work on the V-280 originally began under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator programme

Air International 2021-07 / S.Gourley - V for Valor

If selected, delivery of the first unit to the US Army would take place in 2030

Air International 2018-09 / Airscene

In this shot, N280BH is shown as the pylons rotate to the down stop position during the May 11, 2018 flight.

Air International 2018-09 / Airscene

V-280 Valor N280BH flying with its pylons rotated forward to the 30° position.

Air International 2018-12 / News by countries

Авиация и Космонавтика 2021-07 / М.Никольский - Скоростные вертолеты для армейской авиации США

Конвертоплан Белл V-280 «Вэлор»

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-11 / М.Никольский - Что Запад противопоставит «Аллигаторам» и «Восьмеркам»?

Конвертоплан-демонстратор V-280 на режиме перехода в горизонтальный полет

Air International 2022-12 / K.Chapman - Brothers in Arms

The V-280 prototype transitions between flight modes during a test flight. When configured for forward flight, the tiltrotor will be able to fly faster and manoeuvre like a fixed-wing aircraft. When configured for hovering, the Valor will have the same flight characteristics as a helicopter

Air International 2018-09 / Airscene

N2808H flew in cruise mode for the first time on May 11, 2018.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-11 / М.Никольский - Что Запад противопоставит «Аллигаторам» и «Восьмеркам»?

Конвертоплан-демонстратор V-280 в крейсерском полете

Air International 2020-04 / K.Chapman - FLRAA Modernising the Army

The V-280 passes at high speed. This third-generation tiltrotor employs a remarkably different design to other aircraft in its class, such as the Osprey. It uses a V-tail, smaller wings and a sleeker, compound fuselage. It is also smaller than the V-22.

Air International 2018-12 / News by countries

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

Bell has revealed that the V-280 has the potential to serve in the attack helicopter role launching next-generation rockets, missiles, and miniature unmanned aerial vehicles without interference from the rotors, even during forward flight mode

Авиация и Космонавтика 2021-07 / М.Никольский - Скоростные вертолеты для армейской авиации США

Air International 2022-08 / R.Thomas - Digital by design

The V-280 Valor reached 200 flight hours in December 2020, three years after its first flight

Air International 2021-07 / S.Gourley - V for Valor

Manufacturer Bell went back to the drawing board for the V-280, using its experience in tilt-rotor technologies

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

The future success of US Army air assault rests with Bell’s V-280. It brings high-speed, long-range, and the capability to be upgraded throughout its operational service due to its digital architecture. The prospect of being able to operate at long distances over the sea will be a new avenue for army aviation

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

During test flights, the V-280 Valor reached speeds of up to 305kts in level flight

Air International 2021-08 / Focus: UAV, Rotary, Business, Technology, Space

Bell's V-280 Valor

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

First flying on December 18, 2017, the V-280 completed 214 flight hours over three years before being retired. It flew at least one test mission autonomously driven by computer algorithms. The platform’s software performed all the mission tasks of a routine no-combat mission without pilot input, although a pilot was onboard as a safety precaution

Air International 2018-02 / Airscene

V-280 N280BH restrained by dampered-jacks on the run stand at the Amarillo test facility.

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

Bell points out that the V-280’s tiltrotor technology is a significant step beyond that of the V-22 Osprey. With the V-280 just the props and drive shaft tilt to achieve vertical flight, with the engines remaining in place and according to the OEM, this will significantly reduce maintenance on the platform

Air International 2017-10 / D.Isby - US Army Aviation 2030 and Beyond /Military/

Air International 2017-12 / Airscene

Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor prototype, N280BH, successfully achieved controlled conversion from 95° to 75° pylon and back, allowing for full hover and low-speed-agility manoeuvring. The aircraft will continue ground run testing at the company's Amarillo Assembly Center, where it will undergo a series of functional tests running all aircraft systems and flight controls in preparation for first flight.

Air International 2017-10 / D.Isby - US Army Aviation 2030 and Beyond /Military/

The Bell Helicopter V-280 JMR TD aircraft at the Amarillo Texas facility in September 2017.

Авиация и Время 2020-03

21 июля 2020г. компания Rolls-Royce сообщила, что достигла соглашения с компанией Bell Textron о поставке силовой установки для конвертоплана V-280 Valor, который будет участвовать в конкурсе армии США на скоростной винтокрылый аппарат дальнего действия (FLRAA).

Air International 2022-09 / K.Chapman - Farnborough in Focus

For the first time, Bell exhibited a full-scale mock-up of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor offering for the US Army s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme at FIA. Although it was kept within the confines of the company’s chalet and was largely restricted from public view, Bell boasts that tie platform (while large on paper) will boast the same footprint as the UH-60 Black Hawk and will be able to utilise the same infrastructure

Авиация и Время 2015-05

В отличие от поступившего на вооружение конвертоплана V-22 Osprey, на новой машине (на фото - ее макет, показанный на выставке AUSA-2014) двигатели будут неподвижными, а поворачиваться будут только воздушные винты. По расчетам, скорость полета V-280 будет составлять около 520 км/ч, боевой радиус - 1,5 тыс. км, а перегоночная дальность - 3,9 тыс. км.

Авиация и Время 2015-05

22 сентября 2015г. в г. Уичита (штат Канзас) американская компания Spirit AeroSystems представила первый фюзеляж перспективного конвертоплана нового поколения V-280 Valor, который разрабатывает компания Bell Helicopter для участия в конкурсе на летательный аппарат с вертикальным взлетом, способный заменить вертолеты UH-60 Blackhawk и AH-64 Apache, состоящие на вооружении армии США.

Air International 2015-06 / News

Glass cockpit symbology combined with touchscreen controls feature in the Bell Helicopter V-280 replica's futuristic concept cockpit.

Air International 2014-01 / A.Drwiega - The Generation Game /Military/

Air International 2014-01 / A.Drwiega - The Generation Game /Military/

Bell's V-280 Valor is one of two contenders on the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstrator programme.

Air International 2014-01 / A.Drwiega - The Generation Game /Military/

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

The speed and range of the V-280 will make it the ideal medevac platform for the US Army. Within the medical community, the first 60 minutes after a serious injury is called the ‘golden hour’ - FLRAA will be able to get the casualty to advanced medical care fast as it can operate at twice the speed of current UH-60s

Air International 2016-12 / Airscene

An artist's rendering of the production version of two Bell V-280s.

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

Bell has not been shy in advertising the V-280’s capabilities, mainly its range, often shown in overlays of the Pacific region. If a conflict does break out with China in the next decade, this may well prove to be a decisive factor for the US Army’s combat doctrine

Air International 2018-01 / Airscene

Prime contractor Bell Helicopter is leading a team of 12 aerospace companies to develop its V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft to meet the US Army's needs for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration programme to help define the Future Vertical Lift programme.

Air International 2020-04 / K.Chapman - FLRAA Modernising the Army

Concept art of Bell's V-280 Valor in its assault configuration. Note the fuselage-mounted AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and what appears to be side-facing tube-launched weapons systems.
The US FLRAA programme is one element of a wider effort to upgrade or replace much of its rotary capability

Air International 2022-12 / K.Chapman - Brothers in Arms

This concept image provides an early glimpse of what multi-domain joint operations with both the 360 Invictus and V-280 Valor would look like in an operational combat environment. The former would be used to penetrate and weaken enemy air defences, while the latter would forward deploy ground forces and equipment into the battlespace

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell Invictus 360 - СШАUSA - 2021

Air International 2023-08 / G.Sands - Victorious Valor

The US Marine Corps is interested in the concept and foresees the aircraft replacing its current fleet of utility and attack platforms. For the moment, however, Bell is focused on the US Army’s requirement, which may see the development of the so-called AV-280, a specialist attack derivative