Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, announces the first flight of the Bell 525 Relentless. The maiden flight of the super-medium helicopter took place at the company’s aircraft assembly center in ...

The 525 is the first civil fly-by-wire helicopter. Bell sees its in-development 525 super-medium as the right helicopter for North Sea operators. Bell is accelerating hiring, filling the production ...

ANAHEIM, California—Bell is expecting to complete flight testing in support of FAA certification for its fly-by-wire 525 twin-engine, super-medium helicopter by mid-year, company executives say. The ...

LE BOURGET—Bell Textron has yet to conduct ground tests needed before the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter can begin the function and reliability testing phase with the FAA, says Mike Deslatte, senior ...

More details have emerged about the planned six-month operational evaluation of the Bell 525 to be carried out later this year in Guyana by offshore operator Omni Helicopters International and funded ...

Bell is already contemplating future potential enhancements, including an increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW), for its 525 Relentless even as the super-medium-twin enters the final stages of its ...