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Bell opens MV-75 Cheyenne II Wichita assembly center, scaling U.S. Army fuselage production

Bell celebrated the grand opening of its MV-75 Cheyenne II Wichita Assembly Center, where it began fuselage manufacturing operations in October 2025. The facility is part of the U.S. Army acceleration initiative behind the FLRAA tiltrotor, supporting ramped production for fielding.

Discovered 2026-04-28T09:51:25.350908-07:00 | 2026-04-28T09:51:25.350908-07:00

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The Wichita site is a concrete step in the FLRAA/V-280 MV-75 ramp, following earlier reporting that Bell is preparing Wichita for U.S. Army fuselage production and workforce scaling (see Bell and KAI align on MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotor for South Korea’s HSMUH; Wichita facility readies fuselage production for Army).
By tying the assembly center directly to the Army’s acceleration initiative, the opening signals schedule and industrialization priorities that will affect test-aircraft throughput and downstream integration readiness (see U.S. Army formalizes FLRAA tiltrotor as MV-75 “Cheyenne II,” launching Bell’s next-generation fielding push).
For supply-chain and program risk planning, it adds manufacturing-capacity context alongside the package build-up work underway with systems suppliers such as Collins Aerospace (see Bell FLRAA nears delivery as Collins Aerospace wins contracts for five RTX systems).

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2026-04-30T10:24:57.830661-07:00

Army 'actively pursuing' additional funding for MV-75, says Textron CEO • insidedefense.com

2026-04-29T13:17:02.962014-07:00

Bell celebrates opening of MV-75 Cheyenne Wichita Assembly Center • helicoptersmagazine.com

2026-04-28T09:51:25.350908-07:00

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