Bell Textron to invest $632M in North Fort Worth facility for next-gen helicopters
The 447,000 square-foot factory, located in Denton County, is the first agreement in Texas under the new Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation law.
Bell Textron chooses Fort Worth for major expansion to build V-280 Valor military aircraft
Fort Worth fended off competing cities to land a $630 million factory that will build the Army’s next generation of assault choppers.
Bell Announces $632M Next-Gen Assault Aircraft Factory in North Fort Worth, Creating Over 500 Jobs
Two years after winning the U.S. Army’s biggest helicopter competition in 40 years—replacing the famed Black Hawk with a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft—Fort Worth-based Bell Textron announced a new factory in AllianceTexas will manufacture components for the next-gen tilt-rotor aircraft.
Bell selects Fort Worth site to build V-280s for the FLRAA programme
The 447,000 sq ft factory will be located in Fort Worth, Texas and will be dedicated to FLRAA component manufacturing, Bell said. Its V-280 Valor aircraft was selected for the FLRAA programme. Bell plans to begin facility modification and equipment installation to ready the facility for Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) by 2028.
Fort Worth OKs incentives for potential $632M Bell factory
Council approved designating a tax abatement reinvestment zone and a 10-year tax abatement and grants totaling $46.7 million Tuesday night for Fort Worth-based Bell. The company is considering locating a manufacturing plant inside a 448,000-square-foot building near AllianceTexas at 15100 N. Beach St., formerly occupied by Stanley Black & Decker.
Will Bell pick Fort Worth to build $632M factory? VIPs are making a ‘major’ announcement
Bell Textron’s new factory to build military helicopters would employ more than 500 workers in far north Fort Worth. Here’s what we know.
Gov. Greg Abbott celebrates Bell Textron's choice of Fort Worth for expansion
Governor Greg Abbott, along with other dignitaries and officials, attended an event to announce Bell Textron Inc. chose Fort Worth to build components for the next generation of military assault helicopters on Tuesday,
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Bell gets $632M helicopter factory off the ground, with help from Texas' Abbott
Bell Textron on Tuesday formally announced its proposed helicopter factory in Fort Worth, a $600 million-plus ...
A $632M assault helicopter factory is coming to North Texas in largest Army contract ever, officials say
The factory will employ at least 520 people with an average salary of $85,000, according to the city of Fort Worth.
Bell lands its multi-billion-dollar military contract in North Fort Worth
One of the largest employers in Dallas-Fort Worth will expand with local and state incentive packages. Bell Textron announced ...
Bell's new Fort Worth manufacturing facility brings jobs, education opportunities
The new Fort Worth facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs to help build long-range assault aircraft.
Fort Worth hopes to lure $632 million assault helicopter factory, approves 10-year tax abatement
Bell Textron also applied for state incentives through a new program, the Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act. The ...
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Bell Books $557M Navy Contract for H-1 Helicopter Repair, Logistics Support
Read about a Navy contract awarded to Bell Textron to provide logistics and repair support for rotors and drive components of ...
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Bell picks Fort Worth for $632M factory, hundreds of new jobs
The V-280 takes off like a helicopter, but can tilt its rotors ... This story has been updated with additional information about Bell's planned Fort Worth factory, including additional ...