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(Helicopter Investor) – The French OEM reported an 8% year-over-year growth in revenue from its helicopter segment.

The FAA is seeking comments by Apr. 4, 2025, on this airworthiness directive (AD), which supersedes AD 2021-04-18. The revised AD takes effect Mar. 5, 2025.

The installation of GPMS International’s Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) is the first for a US air medical operator.

Bell Textron has placed an order with Safran Defense & Space to supply onboard and ground flight-testing systems for six V-280 tiltrotors under the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.

The FAA is advising all pilots and operators that it is in the process of updating its data and charts to reflect the name change from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a change in Alaska from Denali to Mount McKinley.

(RotorHub) – The German air ambulance operator’s report notes that the nonprofit conducted 35,850 missions last year.

(Surfer magazine) – Members of the Canadian Coast Guard search-and-rescue (SAR) teams involved with airlifting 20 people from a grounded container ship share details about the Feb. 15 mission off the coast of Newfoundland.

(WPVI) – According to the FAA, an unknown object struck the helicopter while the aircraft was landing at Thomas Jefferson Hospital Feb. 17 in Philadelphia.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has published a preliminary report about its ongoing investigation into a fatal accident involving an aerial spraying helicopter near Boorowa, New South Wales.