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The Lockheed Martin company has secured a five-year contract from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to explore firefighting response technologies, including continued development of an autonomous S-70i Firehawk.

(KVII) – A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) helicopter crew assisted ground rescue teams with hoisting a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion Sep. 3 from Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

(Vertical magazine) – Organizations can avoid rotorcraft maintenance technician accidents and injuries with the use of fall-protection equipment.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) National Aviation Safety Plan (2025–27) identifies safety challenges for the country, including the integration of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft and the development of an uncrewed traffic management (UTM) system.

AirLife 7 is moving to a new base at Lake City Gateway Airport (KLCQ) in Columbia County. Suwannee Air Rescue will begin offering services at the current AirLife 7 base in Live Oak.

(CBC) – A British Columbia Wildfire Service helicopter pilot carrying three crew members made an emergency landing after deploying to fight wildfires Sep. 3 near Pemberton.

Transport Canada has issued a special flight operations certificate that allows Volatus to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations using a MatrixSpace radar integrated through the IRIS Terminal platform from Kongsberg Geospatial.

(PR Newswire) – The company’s achievement will accelerate the flight-testing program for its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft prototype in Florida.

The company managed the transport of an Airbus H145 from Zurich, Switzerland, to a GCH Aviation base in Auckland, North Island. GCH will use the helicopter for air medical and rescue operations.

The company will design and deploy an unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) platform for the United Arab Emirates city under an agreement with Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects and Dubai Air Navigation Services.