Bell’s goal to clinch US certification for its developmental 525 Relentless in 2024 is increasingly in the balance as the year draws to a close, with several flight-test points still to be addressed.

Bell says civil aviation regulators are completing the last few evaluation flights on the new super-medium-twin helicopter, with executives hoping for a certification decision before the end of 2024.

The state has terminated an incentives agreement with Bell Helicopter in Lafayette, saying the company failed to live up to manufacturing and job commitments at a $26.3 million state-funded facility ...

Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, announces the first flight of the Bell 525 Relentless. The maiden flight of the super-medium helicopter took place at the company’s aircraft assembly center in ...

Bell 525: Near certification, featuring a fully digital fly-by-wire system with significant automation and triple redundancy for enhanced safety, targeting offshore, VIP, and SAR markets; 30% more ...

Bell hopes to complete flight testing in support of 525 FAA certification by midyear. Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST Bell has been buoyed by securing a long-awaited first customer for its 525 super-medium ...

The 525 is the first civil fly-by-wire helicopter. Bell sees its in-development 525 super-medium as the right helicopter for North Sea operators. Bell is accelerating hiring, filling the production ...

Company's largest helicopter has been delayed at the finish line Bell's 525 was launched in 2012 at Heli-Expo, and flew for the first time in 2015. Now nearly a decade later, and after several missed ...

Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas that produces military rotorcraft ...