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(Torque News) – Skyscraper vertiports in Tokyo, Japan, are merging facial recognition with urban air mobility. Could America’s skyline be next?

In this companion article to the March 2026 VAI Spotlight on Safety feature, air ambulance pilot Jessica Meiris explains why, sometimes, the best decision a pilot can make is not to fly.

(Vertical Plus) – Sengupta is founder and CEO of Hydroplane, as well as a rocket scientist, professor, aerospace engineer, and commercial pilot.

(Australian Broadcasting Corp.) – The Australian Department of Defence has released a poll for residents in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, to choose whether the iconic “chopper on a stick” landmark should feature a replica of a Huey or Seahawk.

(KATU) – An Oregon National Guard helicopter crew assisted local officials with rescuing the logger with a broken leg Mar. 9 in Estacada.

VAI President and CEO François Lassale provides a look into the massive effort involved with producing VERTICON this week in the Georgia city.

(Airforce Technology) – The helicopter arrived Mar. 5 in Accra after completing technical acceptance procedures with Airbus Helicopters in France.

(WTVF) – Nashville Police Department helicopter crews have assisted with hundreds of arrests since launching a street-racing reduction initiative in 2020.

(The Defense Post) – The company will supply 47 common infrared countermeasures (CIRCM) systems to Germany for its future fleet of Boeing CH-47 Chinooks.

(Daily Herald) – Gov. Spencer Cox is explaining how the Utah Department of Public Transportation will work with Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Oregon under a program called uFLY, which is part of the FAA and US Department of Transportation’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program.