Textron subsidiary Bell Helicopter has won a contract to supply the New York Police Department four twin-engine aircraft for use in law enforcement activities over the city. Bell expects to complete the delivery of its 429 helicopters to the NYPD by next year, Textron said Friday. The NYPD has used Bell helicopters since 1948 to […] More

Bell Textron has rounded off the delivery of AH-1Z Viper aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing a program of record for the latest version of the H-1 twin-engine helicopters. The service branch received a total of 349 units of the AH-1Z as well as the UH-1Y Venom, whose order was fulfilled in 2018, parent […] More

South Korea’s defense acquisition program agency has signed a $133 million contract with Textron’s Bell subsidiary to procure as many as 40 helicopters for military pilot training use, Yonhap News reported Monday. The Fort Worth, Texas-based aircraft builder said Tuesday it will aim to deliver Bell 505 trainers to the South Korean army and navy […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has completed a flight test of an AH-1Z Viper helicopter, built by Textron’s Bell subsidiary, with a Northrop Grumman-made tactical data link system to demonstrate two-way communications between the aircraft and a ground terminal. For the demonstration, the partnership equipped AH-1Z with the Link-16 mission package comprised of a digital moving […] More

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has partnered with nine other companies to manufacture a helicopter prototype in pursuit of the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

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The U.S. Navy issued in January a solicitation for a program to replace the TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter trainer and companies such as Airbus, Bell and Leonardo have publicly announced plans to compete for the program, National Defense reported Friday.

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Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has received a three-year, five-month delivery order worth up to $37.4 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of a helicopter gearbox. The company will provide main rotor gearbox assemblies for the U.S. Navy under the delivery order against a five-year basic ordering agreement, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

Richard Harris, a vice president at Bell Helicopter, has said a tiltrotor platform the company is developing for the U.S. Army has caught the interest of the U.S’ three other military service branches, Air Force Times reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman writes Harris told the publication Bell is in talks with the U.S. Navy and Air Force […] More

AgustaWestland has selected CAE to provide aviation training equipment for the U.K. naval forces under the U.K. defense ministry’s Merlin Life Sustainment Program. The subcontract calls for CAE to design and assemble a rear-crew trainer, flight navigation procedures trainer and two fixed-based flight training devices for the AW101 Merlin helicopter crew of the Royal Navy, CAE said Wednesday. […] More

Astronics has been contracted by Textron’s Bell subsidiary as part of the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program. Under the award, Astronics will refine the V-280 Valor weapon system’s electrical power and distribution system, which it provided for the demonstrator aircraft, the East Aurora, New York-based company announced on Tuesday. “We have enjoyed a close […] More

Systecon North America has received a contract from Textron’s Bell subsidiary to provide in-service support for the latter’s helicopter platforms through its Opus Suite offering, ExecutiveBiz has learned. The selection of Systecon’s Opus Suite comes as Bell works to optimize its fleet of helicopters and advances its transition to a leaner supply system in support […] More

Government infrastructure builder Conti Federal Services has received a $140.9 million contract award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of an aircraft facility at a U.S. Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The firm-fixed-price contract tasks Conti Federal’s team with constructing a structure customized to house various aircraft maintenance processes at Francis E. […] More