Stringent speed requirements originally set out by the US Air Force for its UH-1N Huey replacement would have pushed Bell Helicopter’s UH-1Y Venom out of the competition. In February, the service ...

In the world of aircraft there is no better way to gauge the success of a design than by counting the number of hours it stays in the air. This is done individually for safety reasons, and fleetwide ...

Bell Textron has begun assembling the first UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters destined for the Czech Republic, the first export customer for the aircraft. The OEM says the $620 million Czech ...

As one of the world's major helicopter manufacturers, the Americans from Bell are presently offering several aerial platforms of this kind for the American military, with a few others on the way. But ...

Some names stick. Bell designates the latest incarnation of the venerable AH-1 attack helicopter as the AH-1Z Viper – sometimes referred to as the ‘Zulu’ in casual conversation. The most recent ...

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) aviation have completed a groundbreaking manned-unmanned tactical experiment, pairing Bell UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z helicopters with a Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire ...

A UH-1Y Venom lifts off of an expeditionary airfield during an air ground defense exercise at Landing Zone Bull at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, in 2015. The Czech Republic ...

Two UH-1Y Venoms, assigned to the “Vipers” of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, prepare to land at Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication ...

Dec. 18 (UPI) --Bell Textron has received an $815 million contract for work on UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters for the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense announced. The five-year contract funds the ...