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Hughes Aerospace hosted the Performance Based Operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC) Navigation Working Group this week at the company’s offices in Houston, Texas. An industry–government collaboration, the group worked on helicopter IFR criteria as well as several other projects.

The VERTICON 2026 Liftoff and VAI Annual Membership Meeting and Breakfast will be held Tuesday, Mar. 10, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. During the meeting, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and European Union Aviation Safety Agency Executive Director Florian Guillermet will discuss key challenges and opportunities facing vertical aviation in a fireside chat with VAI President and CEO François Lassale. All VAI members and VERTICON attendees are invited to attend.

Four seats are open in three operator member categories. Each director elected will serve a term of three years beginning Jul. 1, 2026. Electronic election ballots have been distributed to VAI membership representatives of vertical aircraft operator members.

VAI Northeastern US Regional Representative Josh Rousseau will participate in a panel featuring area leaders who will discuss beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations during the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) New England Next Generation Aviation Summit 2026. The event takes place Mar. 19 in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The new low-impedance router option for the Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing (AEM) P139-HD digital audio system supports law enforcement and special-mission operators.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Mar. 23, requires inspecting the upper and lower pitch-rod end bearings on the pitch rods of the main rotor and taking corrective actions, if necessary. It also requires reporting the results of the inspection to the FAA, which is accepting comments through Apr. 20.

GPMS International has received an order from the Texas-based operator to equip three more Bell 407s with its Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS).

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) plans to deliver the two helicopters to New Zealand–based Salus in August 2026 and January 2027.

The company has acquired the temperature control and ice protection systems maker and Cox subsidiary Prime Technology.

(Vertical magazine) – The new restrictions in Class B airspace around Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) in California that have interfered with the ability of the Los Angeles Police Department to respond to some calls are a serious operational and public safety issue that requires prompt resolution. Subject-matter experts—those who understand both the airspace system and the critical missions conducted within it—must have a central voice in determining a path forward, argues Jack Schonely.