Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Bell Unveils 'Vigilant' Unmanned Tiltrotor for U.S. Marine Corps
The new drone design leverages work Bell has done on the V-280 tiltrotor it is developing for the U.S. Army's joint multi-role demonstration.
The unmanned V-247 Vigilant would be capable of multiple 'mission sets' and carry a torpedo or missiles. (Image: Bell Helicopter)
The unmanned V-247 Vigilant would be capable of multiple 'mission sets' and carry a torpedo or missiles. (Image: Bell Helicopter)

Bell Helicopter unveiled a new unmanned tiltrotor aircraft—the V-247 Vigilant—it is proposing for the U.S. Marine Corps. The manufacturer displayed a one-eighth-scale model of the aircraft with a working swiveling wing at a briefing September 22 in Washington, D.C.