{"id":87237,"date":"2017-12-18T19:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/18\/v-280-valor-flies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:26:54","slug":"v-280-valor-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/12\/18\/v-280-valor-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"V-280 Valor flies for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=aa32f955-8361-434f-bbc6-f2f5f5bf8a7d\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-aa32f955-8361-434f-bbc6-f2f5f5bf8a7d.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Bell V-280 Valor makes its first flight. (Courtesy: Bell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Bell Helicopter\u2019s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft flew for the first time Monday in a low hover over the ground, according to an official tuned into the proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The V-280, which took off at approximately 1:59 p.m. CDT at a Bell facility in Amarillo, Texas, was still flying at press time. The flight is expected to last roughly 15 to 20 minutes, according to the official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstrator aircraft, which Bell finished building in September, began ground runs that month and proceeded to unrestrained ground runs over the past several months, culminating in its first flight, just one week shy of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army has been planning \u2014 through its Joint Multi-Role demonstrator program \u2014 for two very different vertical lift prototypes to begin flight demonstrations this fall as part of a critical path to informing and shaping the design of a Future Vertical Lift helicopter fleet expected to hit the skies in the 2030s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More significant testing will follow Valor\u2019s first flight over the course of a year as the Army observes the potential capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cThis is an exciting time for Bell Helicopter and I could not be more proud of the progress we have made with first flight of the Bell V-280,\u201d Mitch Snyder, Bell Helicopter\u2019s president and CEO, said in a statement. \u201cFirst flight demonstrates our commitment to supporting the Department of Defense leadership\u2019s modernization priorities and acquisition reform initiatives. The Valor is designed to revolutionize vertical lift for the U.S. Army and represents a transformational aircraft for all the challenging missions our armed forces are asked to undertake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Valor is designed to meet what the Army wants for a future vertical lift aircraft: one that can go twice as fast, twice as far with increased agility and flexible payloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other prototype\u2019s first flight has fallen behind the originally intended goal of September. 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