Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Valor, you guess? It's alive and well.
Lonewolf, back in 2011 when Bell sold off the 609, the V-280 Valor had not yet been announced. And also at that point, the Future Armed and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition had not been announced. I'm guessing that Bell had some inside information as to what the military was going to do to replace the OH-58, and needed to free up funds to develop it, and so sold off the 609 to that end.