The V-280 Valor: The Black Hawks Replacement are Coming

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Specially developed by Bell and Lockheed Martin for the Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk, the Bell V-280 Valor is the only Future Vertical Lift weapons system with flight-proven agility, speed, range, endurance, and overall performance. It also adds benefits of reduced risk and long-term cost from a proven tiltrotor platform.

The design of V-280 is derived from the UH-60 Black Hawk medium lift helicopter with major necessary changes. While the V-280 has a slightly broader footprint than the Black Hawk, it is also more than 20% shorter, thanks to the absence of exposed rotors on the leading and trailing edges of the footprint. This footprint, which is unique to the V-280 layout, allows for more landing zone flexibility and increased personnel safety everywhere around the aircraft. Actions in and out of the landing zone do not require any clutching or de-clutching mechanisms of sophisticated propulsors with routine tilting of the proprotors. The fuselage, however, resembles that of the Black Hawk. When landing, the wing is more than 7 feet above the ground, allowing personnel to readily exit through two 6-foot-wide side doors and door gunners to have vast fields of fire.

In terms of engine, the V-280 is completely different if compared to the earlier Bell’s tiltrotor family member, V-22 Osprey. It is powered by the General Electric T64, a free-turbine turboshaft engine, although the particular engine for the model performance specification was unclear at the time. The V-280 Valor’s engines will remain static as the rotors and drive shafts tilt. In the case of engine failure, a driveshaft runs through the straight wing, allowing both prop rotors to be operated by a single engine.

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Can you really replace the Black Hawk with something this large? I'm sure it's a great helicopter but it's flipping huge.

drumpftodd
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It may replace the Black Hawks entirely at some point (or not because things change), but the BHs as a whole will still remain in service

JADEK
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I hope they got the plans for parts unlike the Apache.

theundead
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The Black Hawk will stick around for another decade or two as it still fills niches the Valor cannot such as storage on navy destroyers and the fact that it can be inserted into tighter landing zones for humanitarian missions. The Valor's flight performance puts it an order of magnitude better than the BH in range, speed and maneuverability. You have military officers salivating at the thought of getting there farther, faster and with a bigger punch.

Wargunsfan
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Greater capabilities and the Blackhawk will still be in use also.

jimmyjones
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Im literally joining so I can sit inside one of these someday. Even if I'm a 40 yr old man when it happens

gamegamerson
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If and that's a big if ! This is a game changer. Long loiter time near front lines at high speed. Then dash in for quick evacuation. Or fire support no mention is giving of types of door guns mentioned. Cool bird, wing is a little long. Worried about G loading at speed.

MrRldunton
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Will the inability to swivel it's wing preclude operation on Navy amphibious ships?

ramonpunsalang
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It's very impressive on paper if it works as well as they're expecting it to do it will be a fine piece of equipment. If we're going to send our young men to fight they deserve the best equipment to fight with.

garyhughes
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Those rotors look like a huge target in a war situation.

gregorywilson
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Uma dúvida: o raio de giro das hélices do V-280 Valor permite que seja colocado sobre a cabine, o radar do E-2 Hawkeye?? Faria com que esse tipo de radar pudesse ser utilizado em porta helicópteros (mesmo que este não seja marítimo, nem pensado para atuar em embarcações por suas hélices e "braços de sustentação" não serem retráteis, entre outros motivos). O mesmo raciocínio valeria para o V-22 Osprey, mas parece financeiramente absurdo.

toncastanho
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If flying in volatile areas (with props facing forward) can a door gunner hit the props?

donyoung
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You could put 64 Hellfires and 4 door gunners on it and even a dorsal turret like an IFV. I was doing some math earlier.

knowahnosenothing
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I hear u about the motor redundancy but it seems the extra propeller might be a target per say. If there’s total loss of the left rotor and propeller system could it still be flown to a safe landing? Just curious. If so be sweet. The f15 flying with one wing was dope or the ground support plane with a titanium tip surrounding the cockpit that has the two engines close together mid plane n the plane uses the Vulcan gun, well I blanked on its name but it has serious redundancy n it came to mind when asking this question.

everettjohnson
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We are slowly making our way into making the SA-2 Samson a reality.

spectal
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My only question is about the size. Won't that increase hurt more than help???

yammt
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I would like to know about it's ability to take direct fire. Survive ability is key.

davidhamlin
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BlackHawk is a much cooler name for an aircraft than Valor

francissacay
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i like it the design fixes issues i think the v-22 has. i dont want to compaire it to a black hawk seems like two radically different designs.

robertking
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Nice. Gives the usa far more options. They'll have "normal" helicopters for a long time yet, so nice to have an increase in capabilities and options.

gicking