SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — August 20th, 2026 — AviatorPro, a leading aviation ground school and learning management system (LMS) platform built for career-track flight training, announced today that Team M1, led by prime contractor M1 Support Services® (M1), has been selected by the U.S. Army for the Flight School Next program. AviatorPro is proud to serve as a member of Team M1 in support of the Army's modernized Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) program at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Flight School Next transforms Army flight training through a turn-key, Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) model designed to produce more proficient Army Aviators at significantly reduced cost. The program will train up to 1,500 student pilots per year over a period of up to 26 years, making it one of the largest flight training programs in the world.
“This is a historic day for Army Aviation, and we couldn't be prouder to be part of Team M1,” said Luke Ormsby, President of AviatorPro. “We built AviatorPro to give instructors and students the best academic training tools in aviation. Supporting the mission of training the next generation of Army Aviators is the kind of opportunity we've been building toward since day one.”
Team M1 brings together the best of industry, civil aviation, and academia, including M1 Support Services (prime), General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), Robinson Helicopter Company, Quantum Helicopters, and the University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation. M1 currently supports the Army's flight training enterprise at Fort Rucker, where it maintains more than 500 rotary-wing aircraft across five airfields flying up to 400 sorties per day and 240,000 flight hours per year.
About AviatorPro
AviatorPro is an aviation ground school and learning management platform built by flight school operators for career-track flight training organizations. The platform delivers aircraft-specific courseware, Part 141 curriculum tools, ProTools 3D interactive aircraft models, and AviatorIntel performance analytics, with integrations into leading scheduling and training-record systems. AviatorPro partners include Piper Aircraft, the University of North Dakota, and Liberty University. AviatorPro is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn more at www.aviatorpro.com.
About M1 Support Services®, a Cerberus Capital Management Company
M1 Support Services® is a mission-first, force-multiplying partner solely dedicated to providing aviation solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, Allies, and partner nations. Its complete spectrum of services includes training and simulation; maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); logistics; flight operations; and aircraft modifications and upgrades. Learn more at www.M1services.com.
