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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Collective Stick Torque Tube Assembly – Inspection/Replacement, takes effect Mar. 18.

(PR Newswire) – The manufacturer will highlight its full-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Booth #B849 during next week’s VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The company has received an FAA supplemental type certificate to install its Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) on the Boeing CH-47D Chinook under a partnership with Columbia Helicopters. PJ Helicopters is the first operator to receive the HUMS system for the CH-47D.

(RotorHub) – The company has appointed Hamish Manson to the role. Manson’s previous experience includes working for Port Nelson, PHI International New Zealand, and Solid Energy New Zealand.

The OEM has renewed a master supply agreement with the California-based company to continue providing Veryon Tracking+ and other products for operators of Airbus helicopters.

(AirMed&Rescue) – Special-mission operators explain why they choose single-engine helicopters and how rigorous training, emergency procedures, and advanced systems like full authority digital engine control help mitigate risks and bolster safety in firefighting, air medical, search-and-rescue, and other emergency operations.

(South China Morning Post) – The helicopter went down Mar. 3 near Pililla in Rizal, resulting in the deaths of two people and injuries to three people.

The OEM is sharing how the French electricity transmission network operator used an H225 to help extinguish a July 2025 wildfire near Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Marseille.

(Vertical magazine) – The flight test program for Leonardo’s Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR) has taken its next step, after the aircraft performed its second flight Feb. 26 in Cascina Costa, Italy. Matteo Ragazzi, senior VP of engineering and innovation at Leonardo, discusses the evolution of the tiltrotor technology from the AW609 to the new demonstrator.