Bell Helicopter

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky has engineered its S-97 Raider coaxial experimental helicopter to use the U.S. Army's future engine in an attempt to present the aircraft as a strong and soon-to-be-ready contender for the Army's Future Vertical Lift family of aircraft expected to come ...

American Helicopter Society (AHS) International is rebranding itself as the Vertical Flight Society, to better represent an increasing number of non-helicopter vertical flight companies joining its ranks. Only two months after helicopter manufacturer Bell dropped the word 'helicopters' from its name, AHS board ...

The report titled Global Civil Helicopter Maintenance Market 2018 Research Report implements an exhaustive study of Civil Helicopter Maintenance industry to gather significant and crucial information of Civil Helicopter Maintenance market size, growth rate, opportunities and Civil Helicopter Maintenance ...

A spokesperson for Bell Helicopter said 120 jobs have been eliminated company-wide and a they confirmed that some of those jobs include ones at their service facility located in Piney Flats, Tennessee. The statement sent to News 5 also said: "As a global company, we must ensure our resources are aligned with business ...

MANILA, Philippines – After months of paperwork and the risk of a contract cancellation, the new twin-engine Bell helicopter of the Philippine National Police (PNP) finally flew on Monday, April 16. Onboard was outgoing PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa, who enjoyed being brought to Baguio ...

Jacinto Monge, chief executive of Bell Helicopter China, told the South China Morning Post that further deregulation of China's low-altitude airspace control will usher in greater opportunities for international companies even as the country's fleet of commercial helicopters doubled over the past five years.

The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is Bell Helicopter's new open cabin, five-seater helicopter that comes with a fully integrated glass flight deck featuring the Garmin G1000H avionics suite. Marketed as “A Legend Reimagined”, the 505 has been designed to offer owners with the same reliable benefits of the ...

Bell Helicopter has been awarded a delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for engineering and logistics in support of the US Navy's H-1 rotor brake redesign effort. The $8.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has been awarded by US Naval Air Systems Command. Under the ...

The Fort Worth Police Department is gearing up to reissue a bid proposal to replace an aging 22-year-old helicopter with one that will have capabilities the department hasn't had before. This time around, the department is getting specific about what it wants in a new helicopter, from being able shoot from ...

On the other side of the Atlantic, Sikorsky is working on the new presidential helicopter -- the VH-92A -- while Bell Helicopter has come up with the first ever fly-by-wire helicopter, the roomy Bell 525 Relentless. Fly-by-wire, where the aircraft is controlled through electronic rather than mechanical systems, ...

The Sacramento Police Department on Wednesday showed off what will soon be their latest tool - a $1.6 million helicopter that will replace one of two older helicopters used by the department. Police will receive the aircraft in April but will not be ready to deploy it until August after it's been outfitted with the ...

PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG - Free Report) won a contract from Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc. (TXT - Free Report) . Per the contract, PPG Industries will produce heated pilot and co-pilot windshields for the Bell 525 Relentless commercial helicopter. The windshields will be made available for customer ...

The rebranding will be fully rolled out over the next year. Along with the company's name, the logo has also been changed, and now depicts a dragonfly on a shield. The company said in a press release that the new brand strategy and logo 'are rooted in the company's focus on innovation and customer ...

If the stylized dragonfly in its new logo didn't tip you off, the disappearance of the word “helicopter” from its name should provide an ample clue that Bell Helicopter – or just Bell, we should say now – recognizes that its future lies well beyond the boundaries of rotorcraft like the ubiquitous Hueys and ...

AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) -. The company known as Bell Helicopter announced last week it is creating a new image for itself. In efforts to better reflect what it has become, the company will now just be called Bell. Get the latest Amarillo news straight to your phone! Apple | Android. The logo has changed to a ...

Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor is part of the Joint-Multi Role demonstration being conducted ahead of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program of record. (Courtesy of Bell). WASHINGTON — Bell Helicopter is dropping “Helicopter” from its company name to reflect that it's more than just a chopper ...

Bell Helicopter, part of American conglomerate Textron, attended Singapore Airshow 2018, where the Texas-based company had several models on display. CNBC took a look inside its Bell 429 and Bell 505, models. The Bell 429, a popular corporate helicopter, costs between $7.5 to 8 million, while the ...

Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), entered a purchase agreement with the Philippines Department of National Defense for 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters, the company announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $233.36 million, according to Reuters, and the helicopters will be operated by ...

MONTREAL — An aerospace consortium in the Montreal area led by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd.is getting $49.5 million in federal funding to develop next-generation helicopters. Bell and 18 industry and academic partners will integrate new technology that will enable helicopters to fly with or ...

The Asia Pacific region, with China as the leading force, has made 2017 an "incredible year" for Bell Helicopter, according to company executives. Bell has seen a 75 percent year-on-year increase of orders worldwide, despite the "steep down cycle of the industry in the past few years," said Patrick Moulay, ...

Texas-based Bell Helicopter is rebranding as of Feb. 22, including dropping the 'helicopter' from its name. “Bell has always bene about more than just helicopters,” said President and CEO Mitch Snyder in a press release. “Our team has spent the past 80 years pushing the boundaries of flight, and now we ...

One of Fort Worth's oldest and most respected companies is getting an image makeover, including a new name. Bell Helicopter, a nearly century-old aerospace and defense contractor with about 4,000 employees in North Texas and 7,200 worldwide, is dropping the word "Helicopter" from its moniker.