The V-280 Valor Bell Helicopter
Business Insider/Military.com: The US Army's futuristic new helicopter just flew for the first time
* Bell Helicopter's next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has made its first flight.
* The V-280 Valor is supposed to replace the US Army's aging UH-60 Black Hawks in 2030.
* The new helicopter would double the speed and range of a conventional helicopter.
Bell Helicopter's next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has made its first flight, the company announced in a release Monday.
The black prototype, which resembles the older V-22 Osprey, also made by Textron Inc.'s Bell unit and Boeing Co., completed the roughly maiden flight around 2 p.m. local time at the company's Amarillo, Texas, facility, according to the company.
"This 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," Mitch Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Bell Helicopter, said in a statement.
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WNU Editor: That is one unique looking helicopter.
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