Boeing and Leonardo are partnering to offer a modernized U.S. Army pilot training solution with the AW119T helicopter under the Flight School Next program.
The donation, which comes as troops may miss paychecks amid the government shutdown, will allow soldiers to attend the association's annual conference.
Creation of the next-gen system was influenced by real-time soldier feedback and battlefield priorities that continue to evolve in places like Ukraine.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has formed a new “barracks task force” to improve living conditions for U.S. service members in barracks across the globe.