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Sep
08
2025

World’s Largest Bell HEMS Operator Adds Bell 429s to Emergency Services Fleet

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Fort Worth, Texas (September 8, 2025) - Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that Global Medical Response (GMR) has signed a purchase agreement for seven Bell 429s with the option to purchase an additional eight, maintaining its spot as the world’s largest Bell helicopter operator in the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) field. Global Medical Response, headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, has 381 operational bases across all 50 U.S. states and internationally, and provides life-saving care as the largest end-to-end provider of acute out-of-hospital patient care.

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Tags: Bell Bell 429 Global Medical Response Textron
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Sep
08
2025

PHI MRO Services Secures Contract for DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office

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PHI MRO Services, a global leader in helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announced that it was recently awarded a completion contract for a Bell OH-58 Kiowa by the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (DPSO). The aircraft is set to be completed later this year.

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Jul
17
2025

Columbus Division of Police Adds Two Bell 505s to Aviation Section

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Phoenix, Arizona (July 17, 2025) - Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced during APSCON 2025 that the Columbus Department of Public Safety has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505s. The aircraft duo will modernize the Department’s aerial public safety capabilities, serving the Columbus Metropolitan Area’s nearly two million residents.

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Tags: APSCON Bell Bell 505 Textron
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Jul
09
2025

Bell to Build X-Plane for Phase 2 of DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Program

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Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program with the objective to complete design, construction, ground testing and certification of an X-plane demonstrator.

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Jun
25
2025

Bell Completes Delivery of 40 Bell 505s to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces

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Seoul, South Korea (June 24, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has successfully delivered 40 Bell 505 helicopters to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). This fulfills the delivery requirements outlined in a contract signed between Bell and the Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in May 2022.

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Jun
16
2025

Bell Signs Fleet Purchase Agreement for 12 SUBARU Bell 412EPX Aircraft to the Tunisian Air Force

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Paris Air Show (16 June, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces today, at the Paris Air Show 2025, a signed purchase agreement for 12 SUBARU Bell 412EPXs to the Tunisian Air Force, marking the first order for this Bell 412 variant in region. The aircraft will be used for multi-role military and security missions. The Tunisian Air Force expands its rotary wing fleet of 39 Bell aircraft, including Bell UH-1s, 205s and OH-58s.

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Jun
11
2025

Shin-Nihon Helicopters Expand Japan's Largest Bell Fleet with Purchase of First Two Bell 429s

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Tokyo, Japan (June 10, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced that Shin-Nihon Helicopters has signed a purchase agreement for its first two Bell 429 helicopters, further expanding the largest Bell fleet in Japan. 

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Jun
02
2025

Army designates MV-75 as mission design series for Future Long Range Assault Aircraft

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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army has officially designated MV-75 as the mission design series for its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, a key modernization effort aimed at fielding the next generation of vertical lift tactical assault and utility aircraft for the Army and U.S. Special Operations Command.

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May
22
2025

Bell Demonstrates Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Virtual Prototype to U.S. Army

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Fort Worth, TX (May 20, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, joined the U.S. Army Program Manager FLRAA office and members of Team FLRAA in support of a program status update and demonstration of the FLRAA Virtual Prototype.

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May
15
2025

Bell Announces Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for United States Army’s Flight School Next Industry Collaborators

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Nashville, TN (May 14, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) with V2X, DigiFlight, Delaware Resource Group (DRG) and TRU Simulation, an affiliate of Textron Aviation Inc., to begin collaboration on the strategic development of Bell’s offering for the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program.

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