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Army

Bell Details Team Pursuing Army’s Potential Next Training Helicopter

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

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Bell Details Team Pursuing Army’s Potential Next Training Helicopter

Bell 505. Photo: Bell.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bell [TXT] announced Wednesday it will look to offer its Bell 505 as a potential option for the Army’s next training helicopter. As the Army explores potentially replacing its Airbus Helicopters’ UH-72A Lakota as its primary training helicopter as part of the “Flight School Next” effort, Bell said its team for pursuing the effort includes V2X, DigiFlight, Delaware Resource Group and Textron Aviation affiliate TRU Simulation. “Bell and these four companies share a rich history in industrial cooperation…

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