Blackhawk helicopter replacements will have twice the speed and range and will have first flights in

[ScienceRocks]

Blackhawk helicopter replacements will have twice the speed and range and will have first flights in 2017

The Bell V-280 Valor and the Boeing SB1 Defiant are being developed as replacementsf or the Blackhawk helicopter. The Bell V-280 Valor is a third-generation tilt-rotor concept being developed by Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martinfor the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. Bell and Lockheed claim an AV-280 variant can...

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[chikenwing]

Pretty cool hope its development isn't so costly on lives and money,the last tilt rotor had some serious bugs,when they flew one into the patomac river showing it off to Congress creatures wasn't good.