Overview

• Boeing and Leonardo announced at the AUSA conference a contractor-owned, contractor-operated proposal for the Army’s Flight School Next program.
• The bid centers on Leonardo’s AW119T single‑engine trainer combined with Boeing’s program management, systems integration, simulation, and instructor development.
• Leonardo reports the AW119T fleet has surpassed 100,000 flight hours, including over 16,000 under IFR and 40,000 touchdown autorotations, with 130 aircraft supported for the U.S. Navy near Fort Rucker.
• Boeing highlights its Apache and Chinook production heritage and global AH‑64 training that employs live, virtual, and constructive simulation.
• Army‑commissioned studies found single‑engine training could save hundreds of millions of dollars and favored a COCO model, and the companies say their turnkey approach aims to boost proficiency and sustainment efficiency; no contract has been awarded.