Bell Picks Rolls-Royce Engine for V-280 Valor in Army Black Hawk Replacement Contest (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

October 8, 2021

Bell plans to install a version of the Rolls-Royce-made V-22 Osprey engine in the V-280 Valor— an aircraft the company is pitching in a U.S. Army competition to replace the venerable Black Hawk helicopter.

The decision to swap out General Electric engines used on the V-280 prototype today for more powerful ones made by Rolls-Royce was revealed by the CEOs of Bell and Rolls-Royce North America during the Defense One Global Business Briefing on Thursday. Using a version of the Osprey engine, they say, will lower the long-term maintenance costs.

Bell Picks Rolls-Royce Engine for V-280 Valor in Army Black Hawk Replacement Contest – Defense One

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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