Monday, December 22, 2025

MILPER Number: 25-517 Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Army Experimental Test Pilot Training Program Selection Panel

1. This MILPER message expires no later than (NLT) 01 Dec 26.   


2. The purpose of the Army Experimental Test Pilot (XP) program is to train experienced Army officers to become qualified XPs or Flight Test Engineers (FTE). Selected candidates will train at the United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS), located at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS), MD, and are instrumental in providing unique perspectives to programmatic decisions relative to research, development, and test requirements. This program satisfies Army training requirements for experimental (research and development) test pilots and flight test engineers.

https://www.hrc.army.mil/Milper/25-517