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(The Daily Collegian) – The Penn State Autonomous Robotics Competition Club is one of 14 university programs participating in an international GoAERO competition to build an autonomous emergency response flyer.

The FAA Safety Team virtual webinar featuring the United States Helicopter Safety Team’s Chris Baur will explore how area navigation and flight management system guidance eliminates factors of instability on challenging runways. The webinar takes place today, Apr. 7, at 7:00 pm eastern (UTC-4).

Vietnam Helicopter Corp. (VNH) subsidiaries VNH North and VNH North have purchased three Airbus H225s to expand offshore energy operations.

(IOL) – A crew of four on an animal carcass investigation landed safely in a remote area of South Africa’s Kruger National Park but could not navigate their way out of thick bush, which led to an overnight stay and a rescue operation the next day using another helicopter and drones.

(WATE) – The Tennessee Department of Health plans to drop 300,000 rabies vaccine baits across eastern Tennessee using helicopters and low-flying fixed-wing aircraft starting Apr. 8 as part of a project with the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

(National Today) – The Oklahoma Transportation Committee is meeting tomorrow, Apr. 8, to consider a bill that would seek to position the state as a leader in coordinating and integrating drones into the US National Airspace System.

The company’s Valo electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft prototype conducted the transition from taking off vertically to fixed-wing flight as part of flight tests with regulators from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

(Fire Island & Great South Bay News) – A US Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk crew hoisted four people from a vessel Apr. 4 southwest of Moriches Inlet.

(Rotorcraft Asia-Pacific e-News) – VAI President and CEO François Lassale provides details about the Southeast Asia Aviation Safety Conference, which will feature a plenary session, technical workshops for operators, regional operator spotlights, lessons learned panels, regulator roundtables, networking opportunities, and more. The conference takes place May 27–29 in Bali, Indonesia.

The US National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Fly Safe campaign is outlining safety best practices for agricultural aviation pilots to avoid controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents, which accounted for 40% of the total US aviation accidents and half of ag aviation accidents in 2025. The tips include treating wires as an invisible hazard, being aware of the experience trap, staying in condition yellow, and checking NOTAMs and slackmap.com for the location of slacklines.