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McMinnville, Oregon–based Precision is using AirSuite’s Cirro flight operations and safety management system (SMS) after the companies held discussions in March at VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas. VAI has partnered with Cirro to provide VAI members with free SMS access using Cirro’s operations and safety tools.

VAI offers member scholarships for aviation maintenance, commercial helicopter pilot ratings, and pilot safety. The application process for 2026 scholarships will open in July 2025.

The Icelandic operator began using the formerly private Airbus helicopter for tourism and heli-skiing services in April.

(MHM Publishing) – The conference for the rotorcraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector will take place Oct. 7–9 in Kelowna, British Columbia.

(KNSD) – According to a redacted version of a US Marine Corps (USMC) report about a CH-53E crash on Feb. 6, 2024, in San Diego, California, the pilot failed to maintain safe obstacle clearance and meet VFR visibility requirements, which resulted in a controlled-flight-into-terrain accident. Investigators cited deteriorating weather conditions as a contributing factor in the accident, which resulted in the deaths of five Marines.

(NTDV) – Six people, including the pilot, died after a private helicopter went down May 8 near Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.

Avion Manufacturing has delivered its 500th rotor balancing system to the US Army and launched its next-generation Universal Static Balance Fixture. 

(AVweb) – Representatives from the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative recently visited Alaska to gain a better understanding of the circumstances that operators and fuel distributors face across the state.

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) has summarized key themes, highlights, and next steps from the ACSF Safety Working Group panel at last month’s 2025 Safety Symposium.

Airbus has published a Q&A with Volker Bau, chief test pilot for Airbus Helicopters in Germany, who shares an inside look at the H140’s path toward certification.