{"id":249985,"date":"2026-04-14T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249985\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:02:18","slug":"collins-aerospace-partners-with-bell-on-next-gen-assault-aircraft-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249985\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Aerospace Partners With Bell on\u00a0Next\u2011Gen Assault Aircraft \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor assault aircraft will replace the Army’s Black Hawk combat attack helicopter fleet. It will now be known as the U.S. Army’s Bell MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. [Photo: Bell]<\/p>\n

Collins Aerospace\u2014an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business with a significant North Texas presence\u2014has been awarded multiple contracts from Fort Worth-based Bell Textron to deliver five critical systems for the U.S. Army\u2019s MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).<\/p>\n

Last month, Bell announced an April construction start<\/a> for its new $632 million factory in North Fort Worth, which will build parts for the FLRAA\u2014a tilt-rotor aircraft that replaces the famed Black Hawk helicopter, flying twice as fast and twice as far while providing superior air assault and MEDEVAC capability. The Army\u2019s contract award to Bell Textron\u00a0could potentially be worth around $70 billion<\/a> across the life of the MV-75 fleet, Bell has said.<\/p>\n

Bell can\u2019t do this alone, so it\u2019s contracted Collins to deliver five critical systems for the aircraft, including cockpit seating; main power generation; an interconnect drive system; the SmartProbe air data system; and an ice protection system.<\/p>\n

Troy Brunk, president of Charlotte, N.C.-based Collins Aerospace, said \u201cthe Army\u2019s new generation of rotorcraft needs to fly farther and faster, and we\u2019re committed to helping Bell accelerate delivery of that advanced performance with Collins\u2019 military-grade commercial technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have ready-now manufacturing and service capabilities around the globe to ensure the Army can urgently deliver, modernize and sustain the MV-75 FLRAA for the next 50 years,\u201d Brunk added in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collins Aerospace operates facilities in Richardson and Haltom City. Last July, Collins announced that it would expand its aerospace manufacturing and R&D operations in Richardson, creating more than 570 new jobs<\/a> and more than $57 million in capital investment.<\/p>\n

Adding \u2018expertise\u2019 to the project<\/p>\n

Ryan Ehinger, SVP and program director at Bell, said his company is happy to work with Collins Aerospace and \u201cadd their expertise to Team FLRAA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, we\u2019re committed to delivering a high-performing, reliable aircraft that will provide the U.S. Army with the critical capability it needs for the future fight,\u201d he added in a statement.<\/p>\n

The FLRAA program uses digital engineering and a modular open systems approach to ensure maximum efficiency and flexibility throughout the aircraft lifecycle, RTX said.<\/p>\n

Work for these systems by Collins will be completed in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and West Virginia, RTX added.<\/p>\n

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The factory in AllianceTexas will build parts for the U.S. Army’s new Bell MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, which replaces the famed Black Hawk helicopter. The project, which was awarded in late 2024, could potentially be worth around $70 billion across the life of the MV-75 fleet.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Atherton\u2014who has been president and CEO of Fort Worth-based Bell since April 2023\u2014will join Textron’s board upon assuming her new role at the parent company on Jan. 4. Taking the CEO helm at Bell will be current chief commercial officer Danny Maldonado.<\/p>\n

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The company is celebrating with a free pop-up museum at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas \u2014 and a $250 billion bet on what comes next.<\/p>\n

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The award is the latest signal of growing momentum for the North Texas defense tech company, which announced a state- and federal-backed deal to scale manufacturing in Oklahoma in May.<\/p>\n

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The Addison-based company says new investment from European VC firm Presto Ventures and global industrial and tech company Czechoslovak Group will help boost defense supply chain resilience\u2014and support readiness for NATO and allied forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor assault aircraft will replace the Army’s Black Hawk combat attack helicopter fleet. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[82471,94879,94880,116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-249985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-bell-textron","9":"tag-collins-aerospace","10":"tag-flraa","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","13":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}