Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Textron’s Bell division saw third-quarter revenues climb to $929 million, up $175 million from the same period a year ago, thanks mostly to higher volume and mix. Segment profit in the quarter also rose by $21 million, to $98 million, due to favorable impact from performance and pricing.
The company delivered 44 civil helicopters (41 light singles and twins and three medium-twin Bell 412s) in the three-month period, nearly double the 23 (21 light singles and twins and two 412s) handed over to customers in last year's third quarter. This accounted for $61 million of the revenue increase in the quarter and included 24 Bell 505s, thirteen 407s, and four 429s.
On the military side, Bell shipped just one aircraft—a V-22—but accounted for $81 million of the revenue increase thanks to funding from the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program for the U.S. Army.
Bell's backlog at the end of the quarter was $6.5 billion, up $2.3 billion from the second quarter. This increase largely reflects the approval of “Milestone B” for FLRAA and the resulting transition into the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the program. The company is developing the V-280 Valor tiltrotor under the FLRAA program.

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Bell Soars in 3Q with Higher Civil Helo Deliveries, FLRAA Revenues

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Textron’s Bell division saw third-quarter revenues climb to $929 million, up $175 million from the same period a year ago, thanks to higher volume and mix.

Bell Soars in 3Q with Higher Civil Helo Deliveries, FLRAA

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