Utility

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• • November 6, 2025
  • Utility

  Keeping Victoria Safe and Powered, One Flight at a Time

  For Powercor, a leading power distribution company, summer means one crucial thing: inspecting and maintaining more than 77,000 kilometers (approx. 50,000 miles) of overhead powerlines and the surr...

• • June 10, 2025
  • Commercial

  Shin-Nihon Helicopters Expand Japan's Largest Bell Fleet with Purchase of First Two Bell 429s, Signifying Strength of...

  Tokyo, Japan (June 11, 2025) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced that Shin-Nihon Helicopters has signed a purchase agreement for its first two Bell 429 helicopters, fu...

• • April 9, 2025
  • SUBARU BELL 412EPX

  Bell Announces First Purchase Agreement for SUBARU Bell 412EPX for Commercial Operations in Europe

  Latest Bell 412 variant achieves new milestone through order from Austrian operator, Kitz Air

• • March 27, 2025
  • SUBARU BELL 412EPX

  Kestrel Aviation, Operator of Australia's Largest Bell Medium-Twin Fleet, Celebrates 40 Years as Leading Aerial Firef...

  Bell Textron celebrates Kestrel Aviation's 40 years of protecting Australian communities with a top-notch Bell medium-twin fleet for aerial firefighting.

• • June 20, 2024
  • Military

  Bell Announces First Flight of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CH-146C MK II Griffon Helicopter

  Under the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) contract, Bell will modernize the RCAF’s CH-146 Griffon Fleet to sustain its capabilities through the 2030s.

• • February 29, 2024
  • Commercial

  Bell Announces Delivery of a Bell 505 for Powerline and Pipeline Patrol

  Aerial Patrol becomes one of the first U.S. companies to dedicate the use of their Bell 505 exclusively for comprehensive utility inspection

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