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The helicopter division was renamed Bell Helicopter Company and in a few years, with the success of the UH-1 Huey during the Vietnam War, it had established itself as the largest division of Textron. In January 1976, Textron changed the division's name to Bell Helicopter Textron. [4] Bell Helicopter had a close association with AgustaWestland.
Bell Helicopter became the only part of Bell Aircraft still producing aircraft when Bell was purchased by the Textron Corporation. That part of Textron is now known today as Bell Helicopter . After a series of successful helicopter designs, the UH-1 Iroquois became the most famous helicopter of the War in Vietnam , and Bell Helicopter still ...
Bell announced its new project after the Bell 429 and Bell V-22, the super medium Bell 525, previously it was known as Project X or Magellan. The Helicopter is overall designed for trips of 50 to 500 nautical miles, and has a 5-blade main rotor powered by twin engines, digital controls and Garmin G5000H screen, with planned seating for 16-20 people. [3]
Huge news for Fort Worth: The Army chose Bell Textron over Lockheed Martin and others to develop the next generation of combat aircraft, based on Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor.
Textron Inc. is an American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island. Textron's subsidiaries include Arctic Cat, Bell Textron, Textron Aviation (which itself includes the Beechcraft and Cessna brands), and Lycoming Engines. It was founded by Royal Little in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company.
Bell Helicopter Textron: Was developed by Bell as an independent concept armed helicopter. The majority of parts are interchangeable with the UH-1 series. The AH1-W and Z are used in the US Marine Corps: 1965 1967 1116 Bell 206: Multipurpose Utility helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation: Common prototype with OH-58. 1966 1967 7300 Bell OH-58 ...
Bell Helicopter Textron landed a sizable Pentagon contract in support of two U.S. allies Tuesday. Specifically, Textron was awarded a foreign military sales contract worth up to $85.4 million to ...
The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X (JRX) is an American/Canadian light helicopter developed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter. The Bell 505 was unveiled at the 2013 Paris Airshow in June 2013 as the Bell SLS (Short Light Single). The Bell 505 designation was officially announced in February 2014. Its first flight occurred on November 11, 2014. The ...