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Four seats are open in three operator member categories. Each director elected will serve a term of three years beginning Jul. 1, 2026.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Global Location device, which runs on a processor that the Perseverance Rover previously used to communicate with the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, features an algorithm that rapidly compares panoramic images from the rover’s navigation cameras with onboard orbital terrain maps.

The biggest—and least understood—cause of fatal accidents in helicopter operations is decision fatigue. Despite advances in technology, accidents among air medical, tour, and charter operators are getting worse. This must-attend four-hour course will use three US National Transportation Safety Board fatal accident reports to show how mental overload, overreliance on technology, and lack of targeted training led to tragic outcomes. The class takes place Monday, Mar. 9, at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, click on the headline above.

Tune in to VAI’s YouTube channel Mar. 6–7 and watch more than 40 helicopters fly into Atlanta, Georgia, for VERTICON 2026. The event takes place Mar. 9–12 (exhibits open Mar. 10–12).

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation has submitted a proposal to participate in the FAA’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Integration Pilot Program.

The US Air Force (USAF) 1st Helicopter Squadron highlighted a Bell UH-1N Huey during Berliner Helicopter Day Feb. 21 at College Park Aviation Museum.

Eoin Walker, flight paramedic and EMS promoter at Airbus Helicopters, explains how helicopters allow doctors to treat patients within the golden hour—the first 60 minutes immediately following a major trauma.

(DVIDS) – The Alaska Air National Guard helicopter crew airlifted the snowmobile driver Feb. 21 near Cooper Landing.

(BBC) – A woman who had her husband’s ashes scattered over the North Sea in Lincolnshire, England, by a drone says he “would’ve loved it.”

The 2025 class of SAE International fellows includes Hirschberg, founder of H2 Advisors and former executive director of the Vertical Flight Society.