Earlier this week, rotary-wing maker, Bell Textron TXT Inc., highlighted the passage of the 500,000-flight hour mark for the fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters operated by the Marine ...

Bell Textron has begun assembling the first UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters destined for the Czech Republic, the first export customer for the aircraft. The OEM says the $620 million Czech order ...

The Structural Improvement Electrical Power Upgrade (SIEPU) for Bell UH-1Y Venom utility and AH-1Z attack helicopters will increase each aircraft’s electrical power capacity to support the ...

Bell Helicopter and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to cooperate on the UH-1Y Venom for the Polish market, the company announced on 25 July. This signing is in ...

and more recently by the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom siblings. Bell has been at it making Vipers and Venoms for years now. The company completed the delivery of the 160 Venoms the USMC had ordered ...

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Ringers) WARSAW, Poland — The Czech Republic is planning to buy additional UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters for its ...

The AH-1Z also shares many common parts with the Marines’ Bell UH-1Y Venom version of the UH-1 Huey, which helps with the services logistics. However, on the downside, the Viper and Venom are ...

David Hancock, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine ... in the air and on the ground, and the Venom, which can perform a wide range of missions, are both Bell-made helicopters and part of the ...

LONDON—The Czech Republic could become the first export customer for Bell’s UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter following U.S. State Department approvals for a possible sale. According to the U.S ...