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The Lockheed Martin company has completed flight testing and delivery of the US Army’s experimental UH-60MX Black Hawk with the Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy suite.

(Axios) – The Florida Department of Transportation element of the FAA’s Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program includes operations focused on cargo delivery, passenger transportation, automation, and medical response. Initial planned routes include Orlando to Tampa and Tampa to the SunTrak campus in Polk County, which will serve as the state’s headquarters for eVTOL testing.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during low-level operations.

(Tech Explore) – Researchers from SINTEF have built a drone that runs on hydrogen. It is lighter in weight and provides a longer range compared with battery-powered drones.

Researchers at the FAA’s Vertical Flight Aviation Safety Technologies Laboratory and Cockpit Simulation Facility have conducted a study to determine the benefits of using virtual reality simulations to train new helicopter pilots before they fly real aircraft.

MedFlight of Ohio COO Mike Perkins will chair the association’s new board of directors and executive committee.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-60 Seahawk crew airlifted five people and a dog from a rooftop in Waialua, and an MH-65 Dolphin crew rescued two people stranded near Yokohama Bay as part of a multiagency response to flooding Mar. 20 on Oahu.

The FAA is accepting comments through May 7 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede ADs 2019-09-03 and 2021-05-15. The proposed AD would require modifying the release system of each cabin-lateral sliding-plug door or modifying the design of the jettison system of each door.

(KSAZ) – The Oro Valley Police Department plans to use the drones from Flock for search-and-rescue missions, emergency response, and other public safety operations.