aerospace founded 1935 headquarters fort worth texas united states key people mitch snyder president & ceo products helicopters tiltrotors parent textron website http bellhelicopter.com bell helicopter is an american aerospace manufacturer headquartered in fort worth texas . a division of textron bell manufactures military rotorcraft in and around fort worth as well as in amarillo texas and commercial helicopters in mirabel quebec canada . bell provides training and support services worldwide . contents 1 history 1.1 bell aircraft 1.2 bell helicopter 2 product list 2.1 commercial helicopters 2.2 military helicopters 2.3 tiltrotors 2.4 projects produced by other companies 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit bell aircraft edit the company was founded on july 10 1935 as bell aircraft corporation by lawrence dale bell in buffalo new york . the company focused on designing and building of fighter aircraft . their first fighters were the xfm 1 airacuda a twin engine fighter to attack bombers and the p 39 airacobra . the p 59 airacomet the first american jet fighter and the p 63 kingcobra the successor to the p 39 and the bell x 1 were also bell products . 2 the bell 47 is displayed at the moma in 1941 bell hired arthur m. young a talented inventor to provide expertise for helicopter research and development . it was the foundation for what bell hoped would be a broader economic base for his company that was not dependent on government contracts . the bell 30 was their first full size helicopter first flight december 29 1942 and the bell 47 became the first helicopter rated by a civil aviation authority in the world and would become a civilian and military success . 2 bell helicopter edit textron purchased bell aerospace in 1960 . bell aerospace was composed of three divisions of bell aircraft corporation including its helicopter division which had become its only division still producing complete aircraft . the helicopter division was renamed to bell helicopter company and in a few years with the success of the uh 1 during the vietnam war it had established itself as the largest division of textron . in january 1976 textron changed the name of the company again to bell helicopter textron . 3 bell helicopter has a close association with agustawestland . the partnership dates back to separate manufacturing and technology agreements with agusta bell 47 and bell 206 and as a sublicence via agusta with westland bell 47 . 4 when the two european firms merged the partnerships were retained with the exception of the ab139 which is now known as the aw139 . as of 2014 update bell and aw cooperate on the aw609 tiltrotor . 5 bell intends to reduce employment by 760 in 2014 as fewer v 22s are made . 5 a rapid prototyping center called xworx assists bell s other divisions in improving development speed . 6 product list edit bell 206b jetranger iii comparison of the bell 212 u.s. navy hh 1n and 412 mercy air at the mojave airport bell 412ep griffin ht1 helicopter of the uk defence helicopter flying school commercial helicopters edit bell 30 bell 47 bell 47j ranger bell 204 civilian version of uh 1 bell 205 civilian version of uh 1 bell 206 in production bell 210 remanufactured civilian version of uh 1h bell 212 bell 214 bell 214st bell 222 bell 230 bell 400 bell d 292 bell 407 in production bell 412 in production bell 417 model canceled in 2007 bell 427 bell 429 globalranger in production bell 430 bell 525 relentless under development bell 505 jet ranger x under development formerly bell sls military helicopters edit bell h 12 bell h 13 sioux bell xh 13f bell xh 15 bell hsl bell uh 1 iroquois or huey bell huey family bell uh 1 iroquois variants bell uh 1n twin huey bell yho 4 bell 207 sioux scout experimental attack helicopter bell 533 experimental huey variant with increased performance bell ah 1 cobra bell ah 1 seacobra supercobra bell 309 kingcobra yah 63 model 409 competitor with the yah 64 for advanced attack helicopter program bell oh 58 kiowa h 1 upgrade program bell uh 1y venom bell ah 1z viper bell ch 146 griffon bell arh 70 arapaho tiltrotors edit v 22 in flight bell xv 3 bell xv 15 bell v 247 vigilant currently in development bell v 280 valor currently in development estimated first flight 2017 v 22 osprey with boeing bds tr918 eagle eye uav quad tiltrotor with boeing bds projects produced by other companies edit agustawestland aw139 helicopter formerly 50 50 as the bell agusta ab139 now 100 % agustawestland agustawestland aw609 tiltrotor formerly 50 50 as the bell agusta ba609 now 100 % agustawestland lockheed martin vh 71 kestrel see also edit aviation portal references edit about textron our businesses . october 21 2015 . a b history of bell helicopter . bellhelicopter.com our history . bell training academy . westland history part 4 . a b oliver johnson & elan head . bell ceo outlines european growth plan vertical october 15 2014 . accessed october 21 2014 . bell s xworx studying improved rotor blades . aviation international news . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bell helicopter . official website bell timeline at the helicopter history site video history of bell helicopter patents owned by bell helicopter textron . us patent and trademark office . retrieved december 5 2005 . v t e aircraft produced by bell aircraft and bell helicopter manufacturer designations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 54 58 59 60 61 65 66 67 68 200 201 204 205 206 207 208 210 211 209 212 214 214 st 222 230 249 301 309 400 407 409 412 417 427 429 430 440 445 449 505 525 533 d 188 d 255 d 292 fighter aircraft yfm 1 airacuda p 39 airacobra xfl airabonita p 59 airacomet p 63 kingcobra xp 77 xp 83 target drones pqm 56 attack helicopters 207 ah 1 singles ah 1 twins 309 yah 63 observation and utility helicopters h 13 sioux uh 1 iroquois uh 1n uh 1y th 57 oh 58 kiowa th 67 creek arh 70 arapaho commercial helicopters 47 204 205 206 210 212 214 214 st 222 230 407 412 427 429 430 505 525 tiltrotors v 22 osprey v 247 v 280 ba609 tr918 qtr uavs mq 8c non production helicopters 400 417 440 experimental aircraft atv 201 533 d 188 d 255 d 292 l 39 llrv lltv x 1 x 2 x 5 x 14 x 22 xf 109 xp 52 xv 3 xv 15 v t e textron subsidiaries aai corporation aerosonde ltd avco bell helicopter cushman greenlee jacobsen dixie chopper ransomes lycoming engines textron aviation beechcraft cessna textron marine & land systems millenworks tru simulation training joint ventures bell agusta aerospace company electric transit inc. people scott c. donnelly dick millman jack j. pelton products m1117 armored security vehicle landing craft air cushion millenworks light utility vehicle cbu 97 sensor fuzed weapon ship to shore connector stingray light tank see also textron aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bell helicopter & oldid 742059218 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