Army Looks For A Lift

In October, the U.S. Army awarded Bell Helicopter a technology investment
agreement for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program, based
on its Bell V-280 Valor. Other agreements, below, have also been announced.

The military helicopter has changed relatively little since the advent of the Huey in the 1950s. That venerable airframe has been updated repeatedly, with the Marine Corps not long ago coming up with its latest version, the UH-1Y. Other long-serving U.S....