Bell Helicopter AH-1Z earns Navy recommendation for full fleet introduction
FORT WORTH, Texas, 9 Oct. 2010. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that the U.S. Marine Corps' newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra successfully completed Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL). The Marine Corps is replacing the two-bladed AH-1W with the AH-1Z, which features a new, four-bladed composite rotor system, performance-matched transmission, four-bladed tail rotor, upgraded landing gear, and a fully integrated glass cockpit.