Bell has completed the first nacelle structures for the US Army’s MV-75 Cheyenne tiltrotor, fitted them with a wing structure, and begun testing gearboxes intended for the lead test aircraft. The milestones are part of a concurrent build-and-test effort spread across Bell facilities in Texas. Bell says software integration is also progressing, including work on flight-control computers and cockpit displays.
The announcement marks progress on a developmental aircraft, not the completion of the first MV-75 or the start of its flight-test campaign. The supplied reporting gives no confirmed date…