Rotorcraft
Revenues, Civil Deliveries Rise at Bell Helicopter
Scott Donnelly, chairman and CEO of Bell Helicopter parent Textron, forecast slightly lower revenues—$3.2 billion—for the helicopter manufacturer in 2018.

Commercial deliveries at Bell Helicopter climbed 15.8 percent last year as the company ramped up shipments of the new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light single. Overall it handed over 132 helicopters to customers last year, including twenty-seven 505s, four 206L/LTs, forty-four 407s, thirty-six 429s, thirteen 412s and eight Huey IIs. This compares to 114 helicopters in 2016—ten 206L/LTs, fifty-seven 407s, twenty-eight 429s, ten 412s and nine Huey IIs.