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(Vertical Plus) – Agencies around the world are building layered aerial fleets to combat increasingly intense wildfires.

Vermont-based BETA Technologies announced Jul. 10 it has conducted what it called the first operational flight under the US Department of Transportation’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), transporting a genetically modified pig heart. BETA’s flights in Virginia are part of a multistate collaborative in the eIPP that includes Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and 15 other states.

The latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter includes the group’s most recent safety report; working with pilots who think they’re “smarter than the checklist”; deciphering terminal aerodrome forecasts; and more.

The longtime US congressperson from Missouri, who as House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair led many efforts on behalf of general aviation, will receive the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) 2026 Freedom of Flight Award, the organization’s highest honor, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Jul. 25.

(NBAA/Business Aviation Insider) – With reports of aircraft GPS interference skyrocketing worldwide, original equipment manufacturers are responding with solutions.

Learn more about the seven operators, manufacturers, and suppliers that became members of VAI last month.

VAI and a broad aviation coalition had warned that tariffs would disrupt critical supply chains, increase costs, and weaken US competitiveness.

President Donald Trump on Jul. 9 decided against imposing tariffs on commercial aircraft, jet engines, and aircraft parts, instead instructing his administration to pursue negotiations to shore up the aerospace supply chain.

Visit VAI at Booth #363 during the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) event next week in Wisconsin and discover all the association is doing to support the vertical flight industry!

Under the nonbinding agreement, the partners aim to accelerate technology development, design, testing, and certification of a propulsion system for aviation based on a hydrogen fuel cell. The new entity will be supported by Airbus and MTU with all their competences and through various engineering and manufacturing teams from both organizations. The new joint venture is expected to start operations in 2027.