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(Iceland Review) – The use of helicopters to survey reindeer in East Iceland has led to more accurate population data and a significant rise in the national hunting quota, according to conservation officials.

(Inside Edition) – Amazon says it is investigating after a Prime Air drone crashed into an apartment building Feb. 4 in Richardson.

(Business Wire) – The Brazos Safety Systems flight data monitoring (FDM) analytics program will work within the FlyGarmin ecosystem under the new partnership.

(Aerospace Testing International) – The company completed the first public test flight of its third-generation, full-scale Romeo electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) prototype aircraft Feb. 6 near Munich in Bavaria.

(WDAF) – The Prime Air package-delivery service is now operational from the company’s fulfillment center in Kansas City, Kansas.

The company will become an industrial partner of the Technical University of Munich Security and Defense Alliance and strengthen its collaboration with the university’s Venture Lab Aerospace/Defense.

The FAA is denying requests to extend the reopened period for comments on electronic conspicuity and right-of-way questions as part of its proposed rules for unmanned aircraft system beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations in the United States. The FAA is accepting comments through tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 11.

(CBS News) – High winds limited rescue attempts by US Forest Service and Flight For Life helicopter crews before a Colorado National Guard Chinook crew conduced a high-altitude extraction of two climbers Feb. 6 from Longs Peak.

(Australian Community Media) – A Tasmania Police helicopter crew hoisted a woman trapped in the middle of burning vegetation Feb. 6 near Geeveston.

(Pratidin Time) – The helicopter went down while returning to the Maaten al-Sarra Air Base after an evacuation of a soldier injured in a traffic accident Feb. 9 near Kufra. Three medical crew members and two soldiers died in the crash.