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Bell Textron's 4Q23 Results Surpass Projections

Bell's profit totaled $320 million last year, compared with $282 million in 2022
Bell 505
Training and Workforce

Bell Valencia Trains Hundreds Annually

Bell 429 simulator at Valencia Spain logs more than 1,000 hours each year
Aircraft

Aurora Reveals Blended-wing-body HSVTOL X-plane Concept

DARPA selected four companies to design HSVTOL X-planes
A digital rendering of Aurora Flight Sciences' blended-wing-body HSVTOL concept aircraft
Rotorcraft

Bell Delivers First Batch of Forty 505 Helicopters to Korea

Helicopters will be used by Korea's navy and army for primary rotorcraft flight training
Bell 505 Military Trainer
Rotorcraft

Life Flight Network Adds Three New Bells to Fleet

Air ambulance provider builds Bell fleet to 32
Bell Textron announced that Life Flight Network has added two more Bell 407GXi helicopters to its fleet. (Photo: Bell)
Rotorcraft

NTSB: S-64 Descending as It Collided with Bell 407

Firefighting helicopters took different routes around terrain before collision
Path taken by S-64 and Bell 407 helicopters before midair collision
Accidents

NTSB: Crashed Bell 407 Was Missing Control Bolt

Preliminary NTSB report finds that crashed Bell 407 was missing tail rotor control arm bolt
Rotorcraft

Outerlink To Offer Air IP Connectivity for Bell 407

Outerlink and partners are working toward FAA STC approval for installation of its low-cost wi-fi system in the Bell 407 helicopter.
Florida's Marion County Sheriff’s Office Bell 407 helicopter in flight a few feet above the ground with patient on hoist outside helicopter doorFlorida's Marion County Sheriff’s Office Bell 407 helicopter in flight a few feet above the ground with patient on hoist outside helicopter door
Rotorcraft

Dart Offering Cargo Basket for Bell 505

Dart Aerospace is developing an external cargo basket for the Bell 505 helicopter.
Dart Aerospace external cargo Heli-Utility-Basket.
Rotorcraft

Bell Expands European Inroads

Bell is growing its European 505 fleet and adding Valencia training-center options.
Bell 407GXi