The U.S. Army M1 Support Services to train new pilots as part of the Flight School Next program, with the Robinson R66 helicopter replacing the UH-72 Lakota. The U.S. Army announced on Aug. 13, 2026, ...

Robinson Helicopter’s R66 will train the next generation of Army pilots in a deal the California manufacturer says could ...

Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC), the global leader in civil rotorcraft, is part of the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next (FSN) contract to M1 Support Services (M1). The award includes the Robinson R66 ...

Army aviation students participate in flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. (Staff Sgt. Austin Berner/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is turning its helicopter pilot training over to civilian instructors ...

The U.S. Army has selected Bell and M1 Support Services as the two finalists for its "Flight School Next" program, aiming to outsource entry-level helicopter pilot training. This initiative seeks to ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Aug. 13, 2026) — The U.S. Army announced today the award of the Flight School Next contract to M1 Support Services L.P., Denton, Texas, marking a major step in transforming how the ...

DENTON, Texas, March 09, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M1 Support Services (M1) announced today it has selected retired Army Major General Tom Drew to serve as Executive Program Director for its Flight ...

Army helicopter aviators of the future may be under the tutelage of contracted civilian pilots during their initial training pipeline instead of attending instruction at a military-operated ...

The Army has been training with 200 Airbus UH-72s at Fort Rucker since December 2015, but the helicopters' mission could end soon. Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST As the U.S. Army aviation community ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The Army National Guard’s Fixed Wing Army Aviation Training Site, operated by the West Virginia Army National Guard, received the 2025 Lt. Gen. Allen M. Burdett Jr. Army Aviation ...