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(PR Newswire) – Manassas, Virginia–based Electra.aero has named B. Marc Allen its new CEO, succeeding founder John S. Langford, who will remain chairman. Allen was previously Boeing’s chief strategy officer and senior VP for strategy and corporate development.

Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer SkyDrive has completed another round of Series C funding that will go toward flight testing and certification of its air taxi concept.

(WRIC) – A Virginia State Police Aviation Unit Med-Flight helicopter crew assisted ground units with airlifting an injured hiker Aug. 24 from St. Marys River in Augusta County.

The VAI Flight Data Monitoring Program with Truth Data Insights helps member operators analyze their flight data and create a roadmap for improving flight safety.

(GlobeNewswire) – California-based research firm Prophecy Market Insights is forecasting the global urban air mobility (UAM) market to expand in value from $3.4 billion in 2024 to $55 billion by 2034.

(KSAT) – A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Airbus H125 crew airlifted the family, including a baby, Aug. 20 from Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Culberson County after they ran out of water and began experiencing symptoms of dehydration and heat exhaustion.

(KMIR) – A Riverside County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew assisted ground units with hoisting a group of five hikers Aug. 28 from the Ladder Canyon Trail near Coachella.

The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Ireland has released a preliminary report into a helicopter accident that occurred during autorotation training near Killucan, County Westmeath. The accident resulted in the deaths of a student pilot and an instructor.

Baldwin Safety & Compliance is teaming up with Monte Sereno, California–based Fruity Chutes to provide parachute recovery systems and safety support services for drone operators.

Airbus has delivered two medically configured H145s to emergency services operator Avincis, which will deploy one of the helicopters to serve its network of bases across Italy and the other to Stockholm, Sweden.