Bell, M1 advance to final phase of Army’s Flight School Next competition
During this phase members of the Army’s “technical evaluation team” will fly each aircraft to make sure they meets all of the Aviation Center of Excellence's standards.
Army moves 3 companies to Phase III of Flight School Next competition
Bell, M1 and Lockheed Martin confirmed to Breaking Defense that they have been selected to move on to the next phase of the competition.
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A call for solutions notice in December said the Army plans to award a contract by September.
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US Cyber Command gets an update and what’s next for the Army’s Flight School Next
This week's episode of The Break Out tackles a big(ish) update to US Cyber Command and the Army's helicopter flight school program.
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Army Flight School Next: A new way to train the next generation of aviators
An innovative program to draw on industry resources to train helicopter pilots in a different way.
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Army upgrading helo pilot training under Flight School Next, seeks new aircraft
“We will teach them to be integrators and flight integrators on the back end of that, but we want them to be masters of their craft, of being able to fly a helicopter the old-fashioned way,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said.