New Advanced Vertical Lift Center Showcases Bell’s Innovative Flight Solutions
May 23 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The location offers demonstrations and expertise on how new
aviation technology can deliver solutions for customers’ most
pressing mission demands
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, opened
its new Advanced Vertical Lift Center (AVLC) today in the
Washington, D.C. metro area. This office provides a unique setting
for Bell’s military customers, partners and policy makers to
interact with technology that is defining the future of vertical
lift (FVL). Bell is increasing its presence in the region to offer
opportunities for leaders to understand how advanced aviation
technology such as the V-280 Valor can meet the urgent needs of the
warfighter.
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The Bell V-280 Valor, shown here in its
maiden cruise mode flight, will be among the solutions highlighted
at the new Advanced Vertical Lift Center. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We have a long-standing history of forward thinking, and we are
committed to delivering overmatch capabilities to our military,”
said Mitch Snyder, CEO at Bell. “The AVLC was designed so we can
demonstrate innovative and breakthrough technologies to those
involved with national security interests.”
The new AVLC provides a customer-focused experience that
explores Bell’s latest manned and unmanned solutions that build on
the company’s long history of partnership with the government. The
interactive demonstration and event space incorporates several
options to discover the benefits of Bell’s advancements in
aviation, including:
- Flight Simulator where users
take control of the V-280 Valor and experience the agility and
speed of the world’s latest tiltrotor technologies;
- Mission Table that delivers an
interactive and visual representation of how complex operational
requirements can be met with the revolutionary speed, range and
lethality the V-280 delivers as a solution for the government’s FVL
program;
- Augmented Reality demonstration
that shows how the use of Bell’s digital thread technology impacts
design, build, and sustainment by bringing hands-on training and
maintenance support to the most remote locations; and
- Virtual Reality experience
focused on giving operators and decision makers an immersive look
at how the V-280 is designed to deliver tactical overmatch.
“We are committed to helping our customers regain dominance in
vertical lift, and the AVLC is an opportunity for our team to show
real solutions for pressing challenges using the power of flight,”
said Jeff Schloesser, executive vice president for Strategic
Pursuits at Bell. “We have to create and sustainably deliver new
capabilities, such as the V-280, for warfighters to have
operational overmatch. We intend for this office to support our
nation’s military modernization.”
The Bell AVLC serves as a hub for aviation and policy decision
makers to experience how Bell’s innovative solutions can solve
critical real-world challenges. To learn more about the Bell AVLC
please contact: mreilly@bellflight.com.
ABOUT BELLThinking above and beyond is what we do. For
more than 80 years, we’ve been reimagining the experience of flight
– and where it can take us. We are pioneers. We were the first to
break the sound barrier and to certify a commercial helicopter. We
were aboard NASA’s first lunar mission and brought advanced
tiltrotor systems to market. Today, we’re defining the future of
on-demand mobility. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas – as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., – we have strategic
locations around the globe. And with nearly one quarter of our
workforce having served, helping our military achieve their
missions is a passion of ours. Above all, our breakthrough
innovations deliver exceptional experiences to our customers.
Efficiently. Reliably. And always, with safety at the
forefront.
ABOUT TEXTRON INC.Textron Inc. is a multi-industry
company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense,
industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with
innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the
world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft,
Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Textron Off
Road, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation + Training.
For more information, visit: www.textron.com.
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statements which may project revenues or describe strategies,
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uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the risk
that the U.S. Army will not choose the Bell V-280 for its Future
Vertical Lift program; the efficacy of research and development
investments to develop new products or unanticipated expenses or
delays in connection with the launching of significant new products
or programs; changing priorities or reductions in the U.S.
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