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VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

Airbus outlines crewed–uncrewed teaming strategy (VIDEO)

Victor Gerin-Roze, head of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) business for Airbus Helicopters, provides details about HTeaming, a modular system designed to give helicopter crews full control of UAS in flight.

VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

Volatus Aerospace to open drone facility at CYMX

(GlobeNewswire) – The manufacturer has announced plans to produce drones for the Canadian Armed Forces at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (CYMX) in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

FAA updates accident dashboard with September 2025 data

The FAA Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard covers various metrics, including total accidents, fatal accidents, average accident rates, and average fatal-accident rates.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

The NTSB accident investigation process: My company’s experience

A 2019 fatal helicopter crash forced Safari Aviation to reevaluate nearly every aspect of its operations. J.C. Murphy, the company’s director of operations, recounts the “sobering journey” through the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation that followed the accident. Hear J.C. speak on Wed., Oct. 22, at the 2025 VAI Air Tour Safety Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

UK CAA releases roadmap for commercial use of drones

The United Kingdom (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a roadmap that lays out a path for commercial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations by 2027.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

Members of Congress call for air tourism probe in New Jersey

US Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) and a group of legislators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General to investigate the FAA’s oversight of the helicopter air tour industry.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

USCG rescue swimmer program marks 40 years (VIDEO)

The Real ResQ Podcast has compiled archival footage, survivor testimony, and interviews with rescue swimmers who have served in the US Coast Guard (USCG) program since 1985.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

EASA approves Swiss Helicopter Engineering window

(Vertical magazine) – The company has gained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to install its cockpit floor window on the Airbus H125/AS350 B3.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

Global Medical Response crew members win Stars of Life awards

The American Ambulance Association has honored 32 first responders from the company—consisting of pilots, flight paramedics, emergency medical technicians, base managers, and safety officers—including several who work for VAI member operators.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

Entrol celebrates 20th anniversary

Entrol shares the story of its founding in a garage by two brothers in 2005 and interviews its chief technology officer about the future of simulation.