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 is already contemplating future potential enhancements, including an increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW), for its 525 Relentless even as the super-medium-twin enters the final stages of its ...

Louisiana Economic Development is asking a judge for at least $16.8 million in payments from Bell Helicopter over two failed deals in Lafayette to create jobs at a state-financed helicopter assembly ...

DALLAS—An operational evaluation of Bell’s 525 helicopter will “try and break” the rotorcraft in a bid to mature it ahead of its entry into service. Portugal’s Omni Helicopters International is to put ...

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 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 ...

More details have emerged about the planned six-month operational evaluation of the Bell 525 to be carried out later this year in Guyana by offshore operator Omni Helicopters International and funded ...

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 ...