Textron reported a net income of $861 million for the full 2022 period, up from the $746 million logged in the prior year. The defense and industrial conglomerate said Wednesday profit increased to $226 million for the fourth quarter from $207 million in the same period a year ago. Earnings from continuing operations income were […] 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

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has selected Sierra Nevada Corp. to help design and develop mission systems for its proposed high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Bell was one of the 11 companies selected by the U.S. Air Force in January to further develop aircraft concepts as part of the AFWERX HSVTOL Concept Challenge, a collaborative effort […] More

Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has teamed up with Sierra Nevada Corp. to integrate an open architecture-based mission system into the Bell 360 Invictus offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft competition. SNC will provide integration support to the Modular Open Systems Approach that will serve as the digital backbone of Team Invictus’ proposed […] More

The joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell subsidiary received a third U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey to perform modifications on a key component that supports vertical takeoff and landing functions of the aircraft. Bell Boeing is working with the 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to update the tiltrotor military aircraft’s nacelle, Air Force […] More

A Textron subsidiary demonstrated the potential of a multicopter unmanned aircraft to interoperate with a ground-based radar system in airspace navigation during a recent detect-and-avoid flight demonstration in Texas. The Bell Autonomous Pod Transport completed a mission to fly beyond visual line of sight above a specialized test environment as part of NASA’s Systems Integration […] More

A joint venture between Boeing and Textron’s Bell subsidiary will begin to make nacelle improvements to the first CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Air Force as part of efforts to enhance the tiltrotor’s readiness and reduce repair time. Bell Boeing will perform nacelle modifications on the CV-22 fleet under a potential $81 million contract […] More

A Textron company will build a new facility at the Bell Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas, to accommodate testing and verification activities in support of the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft programs. Bell Textron plans to conduct air platform and software risk reduction, integration and evaluation activities at […] More

Bell Textron is now shifting focus to an upcoming U.S. Army aircraft program of record competition in summer after ending the three-year flight testing of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft. The Textron subsidiary said Thursday that it would start working on the weapons system and subsystem designs of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft candidate. Bell […] 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

Bell Textron, a Textron company, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Manufacturing Technology Center in Texas on Friday and announced a summer 2021 anticipated date when the new aircraft technology test and demonstration facility will be fully operational.

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A fleet of military production tiltrotor aircraft made by Textron subsidiary Bell Textron and Boeing has flown over 600,000 hours while providing warfighters support to maintain their mission readiness and provide transportation for cargo and personnel. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft’s range, speed, maneuverability and logistical capability provide warfighters with versatile and cost-effective service, Bell said Wednesday.

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