Bell, M1 and Lockheed Martin have been selected for the next phase of the U.S. Army's Flight School Next competition. Let's see what each proposal brings to the competition. Bell Textron announced on ...

M1 Support Services (M1) announced today it has selected retired Army Major General Tom Drew to serve as Executive Program Director for its Flight School Next offering. Flight School Next (FSN) is an ...

The US Army's push to reinvent its helicopter pilot training programme is down to four bidders - three of which are proposing the Robinson Helicopter R66.

Army aviation students participate in flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. (Staff Sgt. Austin Berner/U.S. Army) U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Italian firm Leonardo are uniting to offer a ...

Boeing and Leonardo will pursue together the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) contract. Boeing and Leonardo announced a new partnership to jointly pursue the ...

M1 Support Services (M1) announced today that Robinson Helicopter Company, the top choice worldwide for helicopter training, will provide its R66 helicopter to Team M1 for the U.S. Army’s Flight ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (September 16, 2025) – Joel “Parker” Johnson, a U.S. Army Civilian flight test engineer at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, is trading his desk for the cockpit after being ...

Since the Drone Dominance goal was announced in July, the returns from the latest brigade-size training events at Fort Irwin—involving dozens of hastily procured drones—show the transformational ...