Tiltrotor: The need for speed & range in response to global threats
With range and speed, the tiltrotor enables operations in dispersed locations, safe from most long-range fires and threats that make current assets vulnerable.
Colin Clark climbs in and out of the V-280 at the Association of the US Army show, from cockpit to troop compartment, and gets a thorough briefing from Bell on what they've building, from engineering refined by a decade's experience with the V-22 Osprey to sensor technology derived from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- except upgraded.