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

M1 Support Services (M1) has been awarded a $10bn single-award contract to provide Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) training for the US Army over a 26-year period. The selection forms a central pillar ...

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- 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 ...

Some civilian pilots at the Army's helicopter training facility at Fort Rucker will now have to meet a 250-pound weight limit after a judge rejected a federal lawsuit to block the restrictions.

Army flight students at Fort Rucker have resumed instructor-free cross-country helicopter missions for the first time in approximately 25 years. The revised curriculum adds a two-week cross-country ...

The United States Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after a crash this week near Fort Hood, Texas, killed two soldiers.

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (WDHN) — From inspecting sling loads to rappelling from a hovering Black Hawk, five Fort Rucker soldiers ...