New Advanced Vertical Lift Center Showcases Bell’s Innovative Flight Solutions

The location offers demonstrations and expertise on how new aviationtechnology can deliver solutions for customers’ most pressing missiondemands

CRYSTAL CITY, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BellHelicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, opened its newAdvanced Vertical Lift Center (AVLC) today in the Washington, metroarea. This office provides a unique setting for Bell’s militarycustomers, partners and policy makers to interact with technology thatis defining the future of vertical lift (FVL). Bell is increasing itspresence in the region to offer opportunities for leaders to understandhow advanced aviation technology such as the V-280 Valor can meet theurgent needs of the warfighter.

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The Bell V-280 Valor, shown here in its maiden cruise mode flight, will be among the solutions highlighted at the new Advanced Vertical Lift Center. (Photo: Business Wire)

“We have a long-standing history of forward thinking, and we arecommitted to delivering overmatch capabilities to our military,” saidMitch Snyder, CEO at Bell. “The AVLC was designed so we can demonstrateinnovative and breakthrough technologies to those involved with nationalsecurity interests.”

The new AVLC provides a customer-focused experience that explores Bell’slatest manned and unmanned solutions that build on the company’s longhistory of partnership with the government. The interactivedemonstration and event space incorporates several options to discoverthe benefits of Bell’s advancements in aviation, including:

• Flight Simulator where users take control of the V-280 Valorand experience the agility and speed of the world’s latest tiltrotortechnologies;
• Mission Table that delivers an interactive and visualrepresentation of how complex operational requirements can be met withthe revolutionary speed, range and lethality the V-280 delivers as asolution for the government’s FVL program;
• Augmented Reality demonstration that shows how the use ofBell’s digital thread technology impacts design, build, andsustainment by bringing hands-on training and maintenance support tothe most remote locations; and
• Virtual Reality experience focused on giving operators anddecision makers an immersive look at how the V-280 is designed todeliver tactical overmatch.

“We are committed to helping our customers regain dominance in verticallift, and the AVLC is an opportunity for our team to show real solutionsfor pressing challenges using the power of flight,” said JeffSchloesser, executive vice president for Strategic Pursuits at Bell. “Wehave to create and sustainably deliver new capabilities, such as theV-280, for warfighters to have operational overmatch. We intend for thisoffice to support our nation’s military modernization.”

The Bell AVLC serves as a hub for aviation and policy decision makers toexperience how Bell’s innovative solutions can solve critical real-worldchallenges. To learn more about the Bell AVLC please contact:

ABOUT BELL
Thinking above and beyond is what we do. For morethan 80 years, we’ve been reimagining the experience of flight – andwhere it can take us. We are pioneers. We were the first to break thesound barrier and to certify a commercial helicopter. We were aboardNASA’s first lunar mission and brought advanced tiltrotor systems tomarket. Today, we’re defining the future of on-demand mobility.Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas – as a wholly-owned subsidiary ofTextron Inc., – we have strategic locations around the globe. And withnearly one quarter of our workforce having served, helping our militaryachieve their missions is a passion of ours. Above all, our breakthroughinnovations deliver exceptional experiences to our customers.Efficiently. Reliably. And always, with safety at the forefront.

ABOUT TEXTRON INC.
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry companythat leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial andfinance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions andservices. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands suchas Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO,Greenlee, Textron Off Road, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRUSimulation + Training. For more information, visit: .