page_title: Bell Textron
section_title: Tiltrotors
hierarchical_section_title: Bell Textron / Product list / Tiltrotors
caption_attribution_description: English: Bell V-280 Valor demonstrating vertical takeoff capability, 2019 Alliance Air Show, Fort Worth, TX.
context_page_description: Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsidiary of Textron, Bell manufactures military rotorcraft at facilities in Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, as well as commercial helicopters in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.
context_section_description: Bell XV-3
  Bell XV-15
  Bell Pointer
  Bell V-247 Vigilant – currently in development
  Bell V-280 Valor – currently in development, first flown 2017
  V-22 Osprey – with Boeing BDS
  TR918 Eagle Eye UAV
  Quad TiltRotor – with Boeing BDS
  Bell BAT (1984 tiltrotor project for LHX programme – not built)
  Bell CTR-1900 (Tilt-rotor project only – not built)
  Bell CTR-22 (Tilt-rotor project only – not built)
  Bell CTR-750 (Tilt-rotor project only – not built)
  Bell CTR-800 (Tilt-rotor project only – not built)
  Bell D-326 (Clipper 1980 commercial tilt-rotor project – not built)
caption: V-280 in flight
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