Originally Posted by
Commando Cody
This is second had. but I've heard it a number of time...When it was announced at Bell that Boeing would not be partnering with them on FLRAA, there were cheers among those affected. The reaction at Sikorsky was less than thrilled…..
I can confirm from a highly reputable source, there were cheers of elation at Bell when the V-280 program split with Boeing was announced.
Additionally, two senior Bell engineers, who had worked for decades with Boeing on the V-22 literally got up and danced with joy. They were chastised by the program, chief engineer, but kept on dancing :-D