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VAI has launched an online career center for both employers and job seekers! The career center job board is open to all job seekers, with numerous resources to help find the perfect role. And VAI member employers get discounted rates for job postings as well as access to prime candidates.

VAI is accepting proposals for flight operations situational awareness charting products supporting VERTICON 2027. Click on the headline for further information.

Airbus Helicopters’ deliveries increased to 144 units in the first half (H1) of 2026, compared with 138 units in H1 2025. Revenues were broadly stable at 3.7 billion euros, the OEM reports for the period ending Jun. 30, 2026.

Airbus Helicopters has officially delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 to the French Armament General Directorate. France has ordered 18 of the helicopters, a new variant of the NH90 TTH designed specifically for special operations. The aircraft, to be operated by the French Army Aviation’s special forces squadron in Pau, will be delivered by mid-2029.

For more than 27 years, Babcock has served the Torres Strait community off the northernmost tip of Queensland, Australia through a vital 24/7 air ambulance, today known as the Lagaw Kuyup Rescue Service. Leonardo profiles the company and how, in 2025, the arrival of two multimission AW139 helicopters opened a new chapter in a remarkable story.

BOOST Systems has received EASA approval for its H125/AS350 cargo basket, boarding steps, and Starlink mount, expanding the availability of the company’s certified mission equipment for helicopter operators throughout Europe.

(AP) – A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe on Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the United Kingdom (UK) recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries.

The team at EAGLE, the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions Initiative, explains why the FAA’s careful plan for a phased transition to unleaded avgas is so important to the future of general aviation. EAGLE industry members, which includes VAI, support the transition but emphasize the need for continued testing, data, communication, and flexibility to address fuel compatibility, cost, maintenance, infrastructure, and other unresolved issues.

The FAA and the National Park Service invite those interested to apply to fill two current and three upcoming vacancies on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group. The current vacancies are for a representative of Native American tribes and a representative of general aviation. The upcoming openings are for two representatives of environmental concerns and one representative of commercial air tour operators. Applications must be received by Aug. 10, 2026.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined the probable cause of this fatal accident to be the pilot’s abrupt control inputs, which resulted in a low-G condition, main-rotor mast bumping, and subsequent severing of the tail boom by the main-rotor blades.