Future Vertical Lift poised to get Army out of the acquisition dark ages
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AMARILLO, Texas — In less than six months, Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor prototype, built for a U.S. Army capability demonstration, has gone from ground runs to cruising speeds of 195 knots and has been put through its paces in hover mode.
And V-280 continues to push the envelope as it flies deeper into the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration (JMR-TD) that is expected to wrap up in fiscal year 2019 when the Army and its joint partners decide what it will pursue for a Future Vertical Lift aircraft that is expected to be fielded in the 2030s but possibly sooner.
Role: Vertical lift aircraft
National origin: United States
Manufacturer: Bell / Lockheed Martin
First flight: 18 December 2017
Status: Under development; flight testing
General Characteristics
Crew: 4
Capacity: 14 troops
Length: 15.4 m
Width: 24.93 m
Height: 7 m
Empty weight:15,000 kg
Max takeoff weight: 26,000 kg
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T64 turboshaft
Propellers: 10.7 m diameter
Performance
Cruise speed: 520 km/h
Combat range: 930–1,480 km
Ferry range: 3,900 km
Service ceiling: 1,800 m ; in hover out of ground effect at 35 °C
Disk loading: 78 kg/m2
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