The V-280 Valor Will Replace the US Army's Fleet of Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters

The US Army has awarded Bell and Lockheed Martin a contract to replace its aging fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks and Boeing AH-64 Apaches. Worth between $1.2 and $7 billion, the deal is the service's largest helicopter procurement in 40 years. Here's what we know about the Bell V-280 Valor, the tiltrotor aircraft set to be the Army's next air utility vehicle.