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In addition to welcoming VAI and all show attendees to the city this week, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens makes special mention of past VERTICON visitor K9 Torque, who is marking her farewell appearance at this year’s convention. K9 Torque holds the record for most flights for a dog in a Huey helicopter.

(SME Street) – The Florida-based services provider that specializes in the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk has selected Ramco Systems Corp. aviation software to help expand its helicopter operations.

The VERTICON 2026 Liftoff and VAI Annual Membership Meeting and Breakfast starts at 7:45 am eastern (UTC-4) tomorrow, Tuesday, Mar. 10, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. During the meeting, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and European Union Aviation Safety Agency Executive Director Florian Guillermet will discuss key challenges and opportunities facing vertical aviation in a fireside chat with VAI President and CEO François Lassale. All VAI members and VERTICON attendees are invited to attend.

The FAA is accepting comments through Apr. 23 on this airworthiness directive, which would require repetitively cleaning and inspecting the lighting and ancillaries control unit for foreign object debris.

Rotortrade, Jonsen Island introduce capsule collection Rotortrade, the global helicopter dealership, is proud to unveil an exclusive capsule collection developed in collaboration with Jonsen Island. The collection will be presented during VERTICON 2026, taking place March 9–12, 2026, in Atlanta. This launch follows the announcement of the partnership between Rotortrade and Jonsen Island last year, […]

The Lockheed Martin company is preparing to build the first batch of the new helicopter variant in Stratford, Connecticut, and Owego, New York.

(AIN) – The most effective bird-strike defense is a layered strategy that combines regulatory baseline design standards, voluntary equipment choices, disciplined operating procedures, and consistent reporting that improves the data used to target mitigations. FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification standards and operational realities do not always align cleanly, and operators may choose additional measures beyond the baseline.

The Dallas, Texas–based company’s FAA-certified EMS/MEDEVAC kit for the Airbus H145 D2/D3 is available through a distributor agreement with Mecaer Aviation Group.

The California-based company plans to introduce an emergency autoland feature for both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft as part of its SkyOS flight operating system.

Along with partners Alpha Aviation and StandardAero, Astronautics is applying for Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) validation of its FAA supplemental type certificate for the RoadRunner AFI4700 electronic flight instrument (EFI) on the Leonardo A109 series.