B?ll’s V-280 V?l?? w?s ??m??? in 2019 ?s th? c?m??n? sh?w?? ??? th? n?w n???l? ??t?n?m??s ???l-??t?? milit??? ?i?c???t. A?t?? m??? th?n six ????s in ??v?l??m?nt, th? ?ni??? l??kin? ?l?n? n?w h?s m??? c????iliti?s th?n ?v?? ??????.
B?ll h???s th?t its n?w ?i?c???t will m??t th? ?v?? ch?n?in? n???s ?? th? Unit?? St?t?s milit???, ?s th? c??nt?? ?nt??s ? n?w ??? ?? ??t?n?m??s v?hicl?s ?n? ?nm?nn?? milit??? m?chin?s.
Ch?ck ??t B?ll’s ???ss vi??? ?? th? V-280 V?l?? in ?cti?n ??l?w:
F?? th? ??m?, th? n?w ?i?c???t ??????m?? tw? s??ti?s, ?? ?tt?cks, t? sh?w ??? its c????iliti?s. Th? 120-min?t? l?n? ?li?ht ??i??? with t?k?-??? ?n? l?n?in? m?n??v??s h?? th? ?i?c???t ?l? m??? th?n 180 kn?ts ?lm?st ?nti??l? ??t?n?m??sl?.
Th? ?i?c???t m??? ?n ??t?m?tic v??tic?l t?k?-??? ?????? h?v??in?, m??? ? ?????t??? clim?, ?n? ?ltim?t?l? t??nsiti?n?? t? c??is? m???. It ?ls? ??m?nst??t?? ??t?m?t?? w????int n?vi??ti?n, l?it???? ?v?? ?n ??j?ctiv?, c?nv??t?? t? h?lic??t?? m??? ?? ??t?tin? its n?c?ll?s, ?n? ??????ch?? ? ??si?n?t?? h?v?? ??int ?????? s?cc?ss??ll? c?m?l?tin? ?n ??t?m?t?? v??tic?l l?n?in?.
B?ll c?n??cts ? ??m?nst??ti?n ?? th?i? ??c?min? ??t?n?m??s V-280 V?l?? ?i?c???t ??? milit??? ???ici?ls. (B?ll/Y??T???)
F?? s???t?, th? V?l?? ?i? h?v? tw? ?il?ts ?n ????? t? m?nit?? th? ??m?, ??t B?ll s??s n?ith?? ?il?t ?ssist?? th? ?i?c???t ???in? th? ?v?nt.
“B?ll ??m?nst??t?? th? ?l?m?nts ????i??? ?? ?n?-t?-?n? ??t?n?m??s/?nm?nn?? ?li?ht ?v?? tw? s??ti?s, whil? tw? s???t? ?il?ts ?n ????? m?nit???? ??ch st?? ?n? ?v?l??t?? th? ?i?c???t’s ??????m?nc?,” th? c?m??n? s?i? in ? st?t?m?nt.
S?c??t??? ?? th? U.S. A?m? R??n McC??th? s?i? th?t B?ll’s n?w ?i?c???t is c??t?inl? ?n th? c?s? ?? m??tin? th? n?w 21st-c?nt??? n???s ?? th? milit??? wh?n it c?m?s t? ?l?in?.
“Th??’?? ?????ssin? th? iss??s ?? s??ci?ic ch???ct??istics th?t w?’?? l??kin? ??? — wh?th?? it’s ??w?? ?? s????,” McC??th? s?i? in Am??ill?.
Th? A?m? s?i? th? ?v?nt??l ???l?c?m?nt ??? th? UH-60 Bl?ck H?wk will n??? t? m?int?in m?xim?m c?ntin???s ??w??, m??ic?l ?v?c??ti?n c????iliti?s, ?n? ??????m ? 500-???t-???-min?t? v??tic?l ??t? ?? clim?. B?ll h???s th?i? V?l?? mi?ht j?st ?? wh?t th? A?m? is l??kin? ???.
“Th? A?m? ?vi?ti?n’s visi?n n?c?ssit?t?s n?xt-??n???ti?n v??tic?l li?t c????iliti?s th?t c?n ??t??, ?i?ht, ?n? wіп ?s ???t ?? th? j?int ???c?, in inc???sin?l? ??n?????s ?n? c?m?l?x ?nvi??nm?nts,” A?m? ???ici?ls s?i? in ? n?ws ??l??s?.
Th??? is n? tіm?lin? ??t ?n wh?n th? st?t? ?? th? ??t ?i?c???t mi?ht m?k? it t? ?????cti?n.