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(AVweb) – DigiFlight debuted its Phoenix mixed reality (MR) flight training device for Boeing AH-64 Apache crews last week at the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. The device is designed to replicate the Apache operating environment with mixed-reality technology, cockpit hardware, and simulation software.

(Australian Broadcasting Corp.) – A Robinson R22 went down Apr. 20 south of Jericho in western Queensland.

The company has named Todd O’Hara to the role, effective May 1. Current CEO John O’Hara will become president of TracPlus.

The pilot of a sightseeing helicopter told US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators that the aircraft experienced severe vibrations and a loss of directional control during a tour flight, according to the preliminary report. Three people died in the accident.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Helicopter Management Agency has awarded a contract to NHIndustries, a consortium of Airbus, GKN Aerospace, and Leonardo, to conduct a Block 2 architecture study for the NH90.

(RotorHub) – This year’s version of the event, which takes place Sep. 16–18 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, will feature more than 160 presentations, 85 workshops, and 15 panel discussions.

(Augusta Free Press) – A Med-Flight 1 helicopter crew rescued the hiker from Old Rag Mountain Apr. 19 in Madison County.

Boeing Aerospace Spain’s new Validation of Airspace Integration Applications and New Technologies (VARIANT) project will study the safe integration of electric and autonomous aircraft into existing airspace networks.

A new study from Nav Canada projects that remotely piloted aircraft systems and advanced air mobility aircraft will generate and support more than CAD$69 billion annually in economic activity by 2045.

The OEM has formed a subsidiary in Ukraine to support helicopter operations and other long-term industrial projects.