In honor of helicopters' enormous impact, we explore 12 of the most iconic military helicopters in history. The Bell 47 helicopter is the first to see widespread use in the U.S. military.

In 1937, Bell's company quickly secured its first military contract with the YFM ... production contracts among U.S.

Manufactured by Bell Helicopter/Textron Inc., the UH-1N is the military version of the Bell 212, one of the numerous variants of the original "Huey" first designed and flown in 1956. The ...

Helicopter maker Bell will propose a purpose-built instrument flight rules (IFR) 505 Jet Ranger X as a potential replacement for the Lakota training helo ...

Pentagon documentation suggests the Lakota is the safest training helicopter the Army has ever used at Fort Novosel.

The document noted that Canada will spend $12.9 billion (CA $18.4 billion) on new tactical helicopters. The briefing was ...

WHAT ARE THE HELICOPTER'S ORIGINS? Bell Helicopter (now Bell Textron, a division of Textron Inc) developed the aircraft for the Canadian military in the late 1960s as an upgrade of the original UH ...

On Twitter More from Military & Defense One of the most powerful and versatile weapons used by the US Marine Corps is the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, made by Bell Helicopter. Nicknamed the ...

Bell is proposing a “purpose-built” version of the 505 light-single for an emerging US Army requirement for a new training helicopter ... vice-president military sales and strategy, but ...

it caught the eye of Bell’s director of military marketing. Folse explained his rationale for the design. Per government regulations, the Army couldn’t buy an all-new original helicopter ...

company and Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc, part of the Omni Helicopters International Group (OHI, Omni), have announced a joint offshore operational evaluation programme for the Bell 525 helicopter ...