WATCH: V-280 Valor Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Reaches 80 Knots in Flight Tests
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The V-280 Valor Joint Multi-Role Demonstrator from Bell Helicopter has shown it is capable of reaching a forward flight speed of 80 knots in recent tests. Keith Flail, the company’s vice president for advanced tilt-rotor systems, told Defense News in an interview…