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(AP) – The Chinese government is banning the sale of drones in the capital city and requiring permits to fly them under new rules that took effect today, May 1.

(Unmanned Airspace) – India’s Jio-bp and VJaitra Air Mobility have agreed to develop a charging ecosystem at vertiports for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft across the country.

Researchers from Oklahoma State University are developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) framework to improve aircraft safety during US Navy ship operations.

For many US helicopter operators, the clock is ticking toward the May 2027 safety management system (SMS) mandate. Through an anonymous, one-question survey, VAI is taking a quick pulse check across the industry to better understand where operators stand in their SMS journey. Click on the headline above to take the survey!

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency Community Network is sharing resources to help operators reduce the risk of bird strikes in the spring and summer seasons in Europe.

Apex Aviation will use the Airbus helicopter to support offshore wind infrastructure operations in Taiwan.

(The War Zone) – The US Air Force is sharing details about how it will modify a subset of HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopters to perform the Air Force District of Washington mission set, including transporting VIP officials and supporting continuity of government plans.

A team from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) conducted a series of flight tests on the Leonardo AW09 pre-series helicopter at the Kopter facility in Mollis.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – The Chinese company has generated US$300 million in investment funding to support the certification and initial delivery of its VE25-100 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

(Phys.org) – A research team from the University of Arizona demonstrated that a ground-penetrating radar mounted on a drone can map the thickness of rocky debris covering glaciers on Earth. The results could help future astronauts locate accessible water locked in buried ice on Mars.