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Robinson subsidiary Ascent Aerosystems has appointed Amy Romano as VP of marketing and communications, Dean Attridge as director of business development, and Sharon Hamilton as director of quality and compliance.

Oct. 2–4, 2024, Houston, Texas

(Aviation Week) – Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of its Ares tilt-duct vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) demonstrator.

(AIN) – Rotorcraft OEMs are reporting a decrease in deliveries and billings for turbine-engine helicopters for the first half of 2024 compared with the same time period in 2023. However, piston-engine helicopter deliveries ticked up by 2.7%.

(BBC) – Following a two-year fundraising drive, the London (England) Air Ambulance Charity is preparing a pair of new Airbus H135s to enter service later this month.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitive tap inspections of the main-rotor blades, and repair or replacement of them if necessary, takes effect Oct. 15, 2024.

Petroleum Air Services (PAS) will collaborate with Rotortrade on helicopter sales, marketing, research, and asset valuations across Egypt, the companies announced last week at the 2024 Egypt International Airshow.

The Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society has signed a five-year contract with Avincis to continue providing search-and-rescue (SAR) services across the country.

(Military Embedded Systems) – Schiebel has received a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) design verification report (DVR) for its Camcopter S-100 vertical takeoff and landing rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system.