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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Emergency Life-Raft System Container Assembly–Replacement, takes effect Jun. 18.

(Access Newswire) – Piasecki Aircraft Corp. has reached an agreement with German manufacturer Volz Servos to supply electromagnetic actuators for Piasecki’s CoAX 2D optionally piloted helicopter platform. The demonstrator is part of Piasecki’s Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (ADAPT) flight control system.

Milestone Aviation Group has signed a five-year lease to continue providing a Leonardo AW169 for HeliKorea, which started using the helicopter in December 2016 for air medical operations in South Korea.

Stefan Bestle, H140 marketing product manager, outlines the upgrades to the new H140 designed for air medical operators.

The US Navy has awarded the company $30 million to refresh the AN/APX-123A(V) common transponder, which will serve as a replacement option for identification friend or foe (IFF) transponders on existing helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and land and sea vehicles.

Based on important feedback from industry stakeholders, the FAA made changes to the MedXPress system to speed up the medical certificate process. This is the first of many steps the FAA plans to implement to make the process clearer and faster.

The Hoboken city government announced Jun. 3 that it intends to file a lawsuit against the FAA, alleging that the agency has failed to exercise oversight responsibilities regarding commercial helicopters.

(PR Newswire) – AIR will collaborate with EDAG Group to produce the main aircraft structure of the AIR ONE electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Robinson has obtained FAA approval to install the Garmin GFC 600H digital flight control system as standard equipment on R66 helicopters with a serial number of 1510 or later.

Geneva, Switzerland–based SITA and Urban-Air Port will build an integrated vertiport for electric takeoff and landing air taxis.