Long Range Assault Aircraft

TO WIN THE FIGHT, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE FIGHT

BELL V-280
THE FUTURE OF VERTICAL LIFT.
The V-280 is the affordable, high-performance, and optimum solution for the
Army’s FLRAA program of record. Maneuvering with the speed and range of a
turboprop and the versatility of an agile rotorcraft, the self-deployable Bell V-280
will provide unmatched operational agility and efficiently perform a multitude of
vertical lift missions at twice the speed and combat radius of conventional
helicopters. The V-280 is a proven combat force multiplier with superior
performance, payload, survivability, agility, MOSA, and reliability that will enable
maneuver commanders to win decisively in a multi-domain environment.

ABOUT THE JOINT MULTI-ROLE TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATOR

SPECIFICATIONS
AND FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT PROGRAMS

The U.S. Army-led Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstrator • Speed: 280 KTAS
(JMR-TD) program is the science and technology precursor to • Combat Range: 500–800 nm
the Department of Defense’s Future Vertical Lift program which
• Self Deployable
replaces all of the U.S. Department of Defense’s helicopters with
next-generation vertical lift platforms. The U.S. Army and • High/Hot Hover Out of Ground Effect (HOGE)
Department of Defense seeks leap-ahead capabilities with a Performance
speed of 230 KTAS as a key discriminating capability. • PAX 12
• 2x productivity at comparable cost of AH-64E and
Team Valor’s offering for the JMR-TD Air Vehicle is the V-280 Special Ops UH-60M
Valor, a fly-by-wire, Next Generation tiltrotor design.
• Reduced complexity and manufacturing cost
• Reduced sustainment costs
• Unprecedented variant commonality
• Two 6’ wide, large side doors for ease of rapid ingress/egress
• Enhanced situational awareness and sensing technologies
 BELL V-280 FOOTPRINT COMPARED TO A BLACKHAWK

105 m

68 m 37 m

25 m

TRANSFORMATIONAL AGILITY AND

COMPARABLE COMBAT MISSION RADIUS/RANGE
OPERATIONAL REACH

• Twice the speed and twice the range, more

than doubles operational reach
• Strategic deployability by moving directly to
tactical employment
• Eliminate requirement for positioning
operational and logistical support in
the effective range of current threat
precision fires
• Significantly higher fuel efficiency reduces
logistical and security footprint
Afghanistan Region Comparable ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Comparable Mission
• Expands the current MEDEVAC helicopter
Mission Radius Range at Sea Level, ISA
range and coverage area by five times that
of a current helicopter
Bell V-280 Valor UH-60 Black Hawk®
TEAM VALOR

Team Valor is comprise leading aerospace companies who bring the best engineering resources, industrial capabilities and critical
thinking to meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for the Joint Multi-Role Demonstrator (JMR-TD) and inform the requirements for the
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).

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The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Aviation Applied
Technology Directorate or the U.S. Government.

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