In early 2007 the Army commissioned the Future Aviation Simulation Strategy (FASS) study. The study was led by the Simulation Systems Development Directorate within Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center and included a research team from the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training and Salinas Technologies, Inc. The study reviewed over 100 documents and made visits to several government and contractor facilities to assess the current state of simulation based training relevant to Army aviation. The team also projected future needs for training with respect to several factors; flexibility to configure simulators for future missions, collective training for air ground and joint operations, and projected advancements in simulation and training related technologies that might be relevant to Army aviation. The results of the study indicate that while current training needs are being addressed, additional research, development, and experimentation is needed to gain additional efficiencies in order to meet anticipated training requirements. These needs are expressed as gaps with suggested approaches for bridging the gaps. Approaches are grouped into technical, procedural, programmatic, and cultural areas. In many cases bridging gaps are expressed in terms of time phasing to leverage current initiatives. The study team recommends that a program of research and development be created to address these gaps and that a new start program be considered in the mid to far term to develop a new generation of aviation simulation devices.