Bell’s V-280 Valor and US Army Future Vertical Lift
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US Army in December 2022 selected the Bell V-280 tiltrotor as their Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), with the first units to be operational from 2031.
US Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Douglas R. Bush, has called the program Army's "highest aviation modernization priority. FLRAA will provide effective assault and MEDEVAC capabilities, with significantly increased speed, range, and endurance."
This presentation by Bell VP Military Sales and Strategy Carl Coffman will provide an update on this 'game-changing' technology - first directed by Congress in 2008.
FLRAA is a key part of US Army aviation modernization, as a replacement for the 1970s-era Blackhawk, and to ensure US ‘overmatch' in regions such as the IndoPacific.
Not only does the aircraft signal a transformative leap in rotorcraft performance - perhaps not seen since the Vietnam War - but FLRAA will potentially change the way the US Army moves and fights, with implications for Allies and partners.
The program brings evolutionary changes in digital design, a 'soldier-centric' approach to development, MOSA architecture, new weapons and sensors, advanced manufacturing and training technologies.
SPEAKERS
Carl Coffman
Vice President
FVL Strategy
Carl Coffman is the VP, FVL Strategy.. In this role, he is responsible for domestic and global market strategy and customer interface developing Advanced Vertical Lift Systems capabilities focused on Department of Defense Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Programs. Prior to this role he worked in Global Military Business Development and Sales and Strategy for the V-280.
Carl joined Bell in 2016 following a 29-year career as an Army Aviator. He has served in various attack helicopter units throughout the United States, Europe and Korea. He has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. His last deployment was as the Chief of Staff, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan. He has served as an attack helicopter observer controller, and staff trainer at the National Training Center and Battle Command Training Program. Other notable assignments include Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (IE&E) and Inspector General/Director Commander’s Action Group, IMCOM. He had the privilege of commanding at the Battalion and Brigade level.
Carl is originally from West Columbia, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1987 with a BS and earned a MS from Central Michigan University . He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and is a rotary wing aviator qualified in the UH-1, OH-58 and AH-64.
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