Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has landed a potential $146.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to repair 35 items used on the UH-1Y utility helicopter and the AH-1Z attack helicopter. The Defense Department said Thursday the firm-fixed-price contract contains a two-year base period that will run through June 2019 and a one-year unpriced …

Farnborough Airshow 2016: Vince Tobin Vice President Advanced Tiltrotor Systems, Bell Helicopter talks about the Bell V-280 Valor programme

Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $423 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 25 lot 14 AH-1Z aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ H-1 upgrade program. The company will perform work in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, through February 2020 under …

The U.S. Navy has awarded Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary a $49.1 million contract to obtain long-lead materials and components needed to manufacture 27 lot 15 AH-1Z aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps. Bell Helicopter will perform contract work in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, through March 2018 under the advanced acquisition contract, the Defense …

Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a $170.2 million contract modification to produce and deliver additional AH-1Z aircraft to the government of Pakistan under the foreign military sales program. The company will build nine AH-1Z and nine auxiliary fuel kits under a contract with the U.S. Navy, the Defense …

Lisa Atherton, formerly vice president for global military business development at Bell Helicopter, has been appointed executive VP of the Fort Worth, Texas-based rotocraft manufacturer’s military business. She succeeds Mitch Snyder, who elevated to president and CEO at Bell Helicopter, and will oversee the Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary’s strategic programs and business development efforts …

Mitch Snyder, formerly executive vice president of military business at Bell Helicopter, has been named president and CEO of the Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary. He will succeed John Garrison, who moved to Terex Corp. (NYSE: TEX) as president and CEO, Textron said Thursday. Snyder previously led Bell Helicopter’s government business …

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $391, 426, 326 contract modification to Bell Helicopter Textron for long lead parts and components for 25 new and re-manufactured helicopters. According to the Defense Department, the parts are needed for the manufacture of 15 new UH-1Y aircraft, seven new AH-1Z aircraft and the …

Textron's (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has received Federal Aviation Administration certification under instrument flight rules for single-engine aircraft being offered to the U.S. Navy's Advanced Helicopter Training System.

The U.S. Army has selected Bell Helicopter and a team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Sikorsky to build demonstrator rotorcraft prototypes under phase one of the branch’s Joint Multi Role technology demonstration program, Aviation Week reported Tuesday. Amy Butler and Graham Warwick report the program is a precursor to the Army’s planned Future Vertical Lift Medium (FVL-M) …