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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through May 27 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 65 – Tail Rotor Drive – Shaft Sleeves – Inspection.

The new integrated propulsion and power system from the New Hampshire–based company is designed to support agricultural operations that use unmanned aerial vechicles (UAVs).

(Vertical magazine) – The path to resolve isn’t always a north–south thought process. Sometimes, you need to detour and take the unconventional back road while looking outside your immediate field of view—both physically and mentally—to truly see a problem for what it is, writes John Carinha.

(AirMed&Rescue) – The agency has announced plans to acquire new helicopters to support maritime surveillance operations.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has named Thibauld Jongen to the role, effective Jun. 1. Jongen is currently the CEO of Common Sense Robotics.

(Mexico Business News) – The company completed its first passenger flights using an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in late April from a military base near Tulum International Airport (MMTL) in Quintana Roo.

(WTVC) – A new state law provides injured police dogs with stabilization services and helicopter transport to a vet hospital.

The organizers of the event, which takes place Nov. 30–Dec. 3 (exhibits open Dec. 1–3) in Lyon, France, are now accepting applications from exhibitors.

(Aerospace Testing International) – Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have developed flight-simulation software capable of modeling the complex interactions between helicopter rotors, wildfire behavior, and water drops in real time.

(Vertical Plus) – Responses are due by May 29 for the annual survey, which is open to anyone in the global civil helicopter industry who has operated, flown, or maintained helicopters in the past two years.