Resource Hub

The OEM has extended its support contract with Heli-One under the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s All-Weather Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter program, which uses a fleet of AW101 SAR Queens.

(Open PR) – A new report from DataM Intelligence projects that the global electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft market will expand from a 2024 value of US$596 million to US$5.66 billion in 2032.

(ABC News) – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted a fisher whose boat caught on fire Dec. 14 off the coast of Clearwater, Florida.

The new nighttime site at Ingrams Sports Pitches in Cranbrook, Devon, England, increases the operator’s landing network to 207 locations.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Jan. 12, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52 – Doors – Jettisonable Windows and Seals on the Sliding Doors and Fixed Panels – Modification.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a revision to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-0147R1, ATA 05 – Time Limits/Maintenance Checks – Main Gearbox Suspension Bar Pins/Fittings – Re-Calculation of Life Limits; ATA 53 – Fuselage – Main Gearbox Suspension Bar Pins/Fittings – Replacement/Modification. The revision took effect Dec. 15, 2025.

The Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will collaborate with Archer Aviation to establish a regulatory pathway for electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi operations across the country.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s decision to fly at low altitude over water in the dark, which led the helicopter to collide with power lines.

The California-based OEM completed an international flight demonstration in collaboration with Toyota Motor at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the front-seat passenger’s inadvertent movement of the cyclic control, which resulted in a dynamic rollover after landing. Investigators cited the pilot’s decision to leave the dual-flight controls installed with an untrained passenger in the front seat as a contributing factor.