Kurt Fuller is a member of Bell’s Executive Leadership Team as the senior vice president of military fielded programs. Kurt has been the program director of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey since April 2020 and the Bell H-1 since August 2024. He is responsible for developing, producing and sustaining the V-22 Osprey, the AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom, Bell Special Mission Aircraft, and the AW-609 programs. In this role, he also serves as the Bell Boeing program director for V-22 under the Bell Boeing Strategic Alliance.

Before serving as senior vice president, Kurt was the V-22 vice president and was responsible for the daily execution of the program, including engineering development through manufacturing, aircraft delivery, and fleet sustainment of the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22, U.S. Air Force CV-22, and U.S. Navy CMV-22B.

Prior to his program management role, Kurt served several years as an engineer supporting military programs at Bell. Most of his engineering career was on the V-22 program, starting in the propulsion systems group and progressing through various positions to include propulsion systems manager, advanced derivatives, and mechanical systems manager.

Kurt previously served as the chief engineer for the Bell H-1 program supporting U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.

Before joining Bell, Kurt worked as an engineer for The Aerostructures Corp. as a structural design engineer on various aircraft programs.

Kurt earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.