Rotorcraft
Bell Revenues Surge 35% in First Quarter
Commercial helicopter deliveries jump to 29 units as FLRAA program drives military growth
Bell
Bell delivered twelve 505s in the first quarter of 2025.

Textron rotorcraft-manufacturing subsidiary Bell posted significant revenue growth in the first quarter, with revenues reaching $983 million, a 35% increase from the same period last year, driven by strong performance in both military and commercial sectors.

“We had a very big increase, obviously, on a Q1-to-Q1 basis,” Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly said during an earnings call on Thursday. “We did have very strong performance in terms of deliveries on the commercial helicopter side, but we also had a very large increase on the FLRAA [Future Long Range Assault Aircraft] program.”

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