U.S. Army soldiers conduct Soldier Touchpoint on the Bell V-280 Valor: (FVL-CFT)

Soldiers assigned to 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conducted a Soldier Touchpoint (user evaluation) on the Bell V-280 Valor in Austin, Texas. Designed and built under the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, the Valor has flown more than 190 hours demonstrating the advanced tilt-rotor technology needed to achieve the reach, agility, and speed the Army is looking for in its next generation assault aircraft. The FVL CFT has previously conducted several other soldier touchpoints with the JMR-TD aircraft albeit primarily focused on the pilots, crew chiefs, and mechanics. This was the first customer focused assessment involving an infantry rifle squad. #ArmyAviation #ArmyModernization

The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell and Lockheed Martin for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift program.

About the FVL-CFT
The Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team is committed to the development of critical combat systems ensuring army aviation maintains vertical lift dominance over enemy forces in future multi-domain operations. FVL will enable the joint force to operate dispersed over wide areas with increased lethality, survivability and reach by penetrating enemy defenses and subsequently exploiting open corridors with enhanced Attack/Reconnaissance, Air Assault and MEDEVAC capabilities.

With a commitment to staying on schedule and exercising disciplined requirements development based on known, proven technologies, the FVL CFT is postured to develop and acquire Army Aviation’s next generation of aircraft and unmanned systems with revolutionary increases in reach, protection, lethality and agility at the objective allowing FVL to fly, fight and prevail in any environment.

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