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.

“We’re cooked,” one Army aviator said recently, describing the reactions of fellow students at the service’s helicopter flight school to Sikorsky’s new uncrewed Black Hawk. “Why are we even doing this ...

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 ...

Congress won’t fund the Army’s plans to outsource training for new helicopter pilots until it sees the results of a trial program. That hasn’t stopped the service from notifying several companies that ...

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 ...