SNC will specifically support the design and development of mission systems for Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing HSVTOL aircraft variants.
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. a manufacturer of military rotorcraft, has entered into a teaming agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a global aerospace and national security company, for Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft. As part of the agreement, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) will specifically support the design and development of mission systems for Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing HSVTOL aircraft variants.
The Bell HSVTOL vehicles have the ability to blend the hover capability of a helicopter with the speed, range and survivability features of fighter aircraft. This is done with low downwash hover capability and jet-like speeds of more than 400 kts. This family of scalable aircraft concepts is designed to carry out USAF and USSOCOM missions across the full spectrum of conflict and political scenarios, including personnel recovery, contested logistics and ISR/Strike.
“In an effort to advance technical maturity and deliver HSVTOL capability to warfighters sooner, Bell is assembling a team of industry-leading partners. We’re thrilled to have SNC onboard,” said Jason Hurst, vice president, Innovation, Bell. “We’ve made significant progress in Bell’s HSVTOL technology development in 2022, and we look forward to showing this progress in the upcoming year.”
Bell is currently executing its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) risk reduction effort and participating in the AFWERX HSVTOL Concept Challenge, a crowdsourcing effort for the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Bell is one of 11 companies from more than 200 challenge entrants selected to receive market research investments aimed at advancing HSVTOL technology.
“SNC is delighted to join the Bell’s HSVTOL development team, and we are already hard at work to deliver the visionary mission systems that Bell demands for their visionary aircraft,” says Derek Hess, vice president, strategic program business development at SNC. “Our nation’s warfighters will benefit from this HSVTOL program’s ground-breaking operational capabilities,” he further added.
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Similar to Bell’s innovation development, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is continuing its efforts to leverage its mission systems expertise to explore dynamic new opportunities. SNC also supports Bell with additional mission systems expertise for the development of the Bell 360 Invictus for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition.
