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Bell Unveils Expanded Flight Research Center in Arlington
Bell completed expansion of its Flight Research
Center in south Arlington.
This state-of-the-art facility near the Arlington
Municipal Airport houses many of the company’s newest
technology and innovations, including the Bell V-280
Valor, 525 Relentless, V-247 Vigilant and the Autonomous
Pod Transport. The 5,000-square-foot innovation hub
provides a unique setting for Bell’s commercial and military
customers, partners and stakeholders to interact with
technology that is defining the future of flight. Bell has
conducted flight testing, research and development in
Arlington for more than 50 years.
Other News
• The City and the Downtown
Master Plan Advisory Committee
began work to update the 2004
Downtown Master Plan with a
strategic framework and specific
action items designed to guide the
next generation of development in
the heart of Arlington.
L3 Technologies Expands Pilot Training Center

L3 Technologies’ newly expanded multi-purpose training center in
Arlington provides world-leading simulation and instruction for both military and
commercial pilots and state-of-the-art classroom facilities.

The multi-purpose training center expansion added approximately 40,000
square feet, more than doubling the size of the high-bay facility at the L3 Arlington
facility. The new facilities include room for six additional full-flight simulators,
classrooms incorporating augmented and virtual reality, and customer- dedicated
spaces.

The company and City of Arlington leaders celebrated the L3 Arlington Training
Center facility expansion at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October.
• Amazon invited Arlington to make
an in-person pitch to company
executives during a site visit for
the City’s proposed HQ2 site,
Globe Life Park. During this highly
competitive process, the City was
able to showcase its vision for a
repurposed ballpark and how it
could accommodate a corporate
headquarters once the Rangers
move to its new home in 2020.
• Duluth Trading Co. opened a retail
store in south Arlington, only its
third location in Texas.
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