Following a short but fierce battle with competitor Sikorsky, aircraft maker Bell Textron won back in 2022 the U.S. Army contract to design the replacement for the aging UH-60 Black Hawk. The result ...

Militaries are accelerating the modernisation of their rotary fleets for a number of reasons, including technological change and increasingly contested airspaces. Forces require aircraft that can ...

Engine maker Rolls-Royce has begun testing the new AE 1107F turboshaft that will power the US Army’s developmental Bell MV-75 tiltrotor. Rolls-Royce says the new powerplant, which is derived from the ...

This compilation introduces four cutting-edge rotorcraft that showcase the future of U.S. military aviation. From the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor, which promises greater speed and range than the Black ...

After decades of service, the UH-60 Black Hawk began to show its limits in speed and range, prompting the U.S. military to search for a successor under the Future Vertical Lift program. Bell’s V-280 ...

The MV-22B Osprey is shown here with the Intrepid Tiger II (V)4 (IT II) electronic warfare payload. (US Navy) A review initiated by US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in September 2023 has found ...

Construction of 164 high-end townhouses and redevelopment of the commercial west side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates are expected to be done and ready for occupancy in late summer 2026.

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

The Defense Department has struggled to fix issues with the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey, which has experienced higher-than-average accident rates and a string of fatal crashes in recent years. (MC3 Amber ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Inspired by Somerset Development has launched leasing for the West Side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. The project’s first phase has reached 98 percent occupancy ...

Pulte Homes paid $14 million for the first phase of a townhome construction project at the former AT&T headquarters redevelopment in Hoffman Estates. Pulte Homes spent the $14 million to purchase 87 ...