The US Army is overhauling how it trains its new helicopter pilots to fly, outsourcing training to a private company

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Panama City, Panama. Tech. Sgt. Whitney Erhart/US Air National Guard The US Army is outsourcing training for up to 1,500 new helicopter pilots a year to a private company. The new, civilian-run flight school could run for 26 years under a contract worth up to $10 billio

M1 Support Services won a contract to operate the service’s new Flight School Next Program as the Army turns helicopter pilot training over to civilians.