Bell will field first MV-75 test aircraft in FY-27 as Army moves up timeline

Bell will field first MV-75 test aircraft in FY-27 as Army moves up timeline

As the Army plans to move out on an ambitious plan to field 24 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft -- the MV-75 -- in two years, prime contractor Bell Textron plans to fly its first test aircraft in fiscal year 2027. Despite the Army Transformation Initiative and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s stated intent to get away from longer term programs of record, the secretary said earlier this year that the service intends to pull the MV-75 program to th…