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US Navy spins up follow-on contract for COPT-R training programme

Texas-based Helicopter Institute has been awarded a follow-on contract by the US Navy for pilot training services that runs ...

Whiting Field event lets training pilots see future, 'get out into the sky'

Whiting Field's annual Fleet Fly-In gives budding Naval aviators a real world look at the aircraft they'll be flying in their ...
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US Navy marks official retirement of TH-57 training helicopter with ‘sundown ceremony’

US Navy officials have marked the official retirement of the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter following its replacement by the Leonardo TH-73A Thrasher.
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Pilots Receive Training On Robinson R66

Robinson’s R66 turbine light helicopter is now being used to train U.S. Navy aviators as part of a contractor-operated rotary-wing training initiative. The helicopter has been adopted by the Fort ...
Military Times on MSN

Navy F-35 pilots train to wield drones with touchscreen tablets

These autonomous unmanned systems, operating with artificial intelligence, can be used as "loyal wingmen" by aviators.