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Enstrom Helicopter Corp. has chosen Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI), a longtime aircraft sales, completion, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul provider based in Spring, Texas, as its newest dealer. As an authorized Enstrom sales and service center, HSI will support the OEM’s customers from aircraft acquisition through every stage of ownership.

The Canadian special-mission avionics manufacturer welcomes Sachin Suramwar as sales and business development representative to better support AEM’s customers and help increase adoption of its mission-critical solutions in the region.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s low-speed, high-power maneuvering in high-density altitude near maximum
gross weight, which resulted in an uncommanded right yaw due to a loss of tail-rotor effectiveness and a subsequent hard landing.

The company has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for its fully coupled GRC 4000 four-axis rotorcraft autopilot for the UH-60A and UH-60A+ Black Hawk helicopters. The GRC 4000 has been added to the existing IFR operations–approved Moog Avionics STC.

Bell Textron, announced Jul. 20 during Farnborough International Airshow 2026 that it has delivered its 700th Bell 505 to a private VIP operator, highlighting the platform’s popularity in the corporate aircraft segment.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced Jul. 20 it will integrate its Matrix autonomy suite into BETA Technologies’ Alia MV250 hybrid-vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Matrix is designed to enable advanced autonomous modes for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft in challenging civil or military environments.

Airbus Helicopters and The Helicopter Company (THC), a Saudi Arabia–based commercial helicopter operator, have announced a firm order for eight additional Airbus H145 helicopters at the Farnborough International Airshow, which takes place Jul. 20–24. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery between 2027 and 2028.

(AIN) – Visitors to this year’s Farnborough International Airshow can skip the motorway and fly in from London aboard Blade helicopters. The service comes courtesy of Joby Aviation, the California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developer that acquired Blade’s passenger business last August. The show takes place this week, Jul. 20–24, at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire, England.

The order increases the United Kingdom (UK) National Police Air Service’s total fleet renewal program to nine H135s. The aircraft have been extensively customized for law enforcement use.

The aviation technology and wireless communications company’s service combines LTE, 4G, and 5G cellular connectivity with Starlink satellite connectivity through a bonded communications architecture that intelligently leverages available networks to maximize reliability, throughput, and operational coverage.