research Am i going to lose all of my AH-1S early research progress?

[N1pah 0]

G'day, i wanted to know if I'm going to lose all of my hard-earned progress with my AH-1S early when the new update drops. Gaijin have stated that it's being "replaced" by the AH-1E next update, however i don't have it yet and it's taken me a year+ to get as much RP into it as i have due to not using premium account and the UH-1B being a very bad vehicle for getting kills.

Will i get compensated in some way or is over >1 year of research going to disappear before my eyes? there's no way i can grind 95k heli RP in a week or two so i would really hope i'll get some sort of compensation please (Maybe RP transfer to AH-1E?) 

[InterFleet 357]

Hi, yes, the AH-1E will just be a model change, you will not lose progress on the current vehicle.