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The measure (H.B.1093) allows the Florida Department of Transportation to fund 100% of the project costs for a public vertiport if federal funds are unavailable.

Safran Helicopter Engines has opened a larger, more sustainable maintenance, repair, and support facility in Norderstedt to expand its European helicopter engine services with 24/7 operations and a focus on carbon-neutral design.

(Urban Air Mobility) – United Kingdom (UK) transport minister Heidi Alexander, in a letter to the chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, has highlighted the government’s new aviation priorities, including enabling routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) integration.

Lockheed Martin has invested $25 million in Fortem Technologies to scale production and enhance deployment of integrated counter–unmanned aircraft system (UAS) solutions within Lockheed Martin’s Sanctum ecosystem.

The FAA has released an airworthiness concern sheet about three separate service difficulty reports from a US repair station regarding cracked main-rotor tension links on the Leonardo AW139.

(Unmanned Airspace) – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a survey to gain feedback about its plans to simplify Regulation (EU) 2019/947. The change would establish a more streamlined authorization process for low-risk, frequently occurring drone operations. Comments are due by May 1.

VAI and the other members of the Modern Skies Coalition have issued a statement supporting the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Traffic Control (ATC) Modernization Summit, which took place Apr. 21 in Washington, D.C.

(News.Az) – A Turkish Army CH-47 went down during a routine training exercise in Ankara, the military confirmed on Apr. 22.

(Vertical magazine) – Women are vastly underrepresented in the rotorcraft world. Bringing greater balance is not only important for inclusivity—it could help address the looming personnel shortage, writes Kodey Bogart.

Learn more about the 21 operators, manufacturers, and suppliers that became members of VAI last month.