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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President and CEO Darren Pleasance has stepped into an advisory role, effective Feb. 4. The association is launching a search for a new CEO.

The Texas-based company will train helicopter pilots for five years under the US Navy Contractor Operation and Pilot Training – Rotary (COPT-R) program.

The company’s refreshed website highlights services for special missions, including law enforcement, public safety, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.

The Texas-based OEM is displaying the Bell 505, Bell 429, and a one-eighth scale model of the MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the US Army at Booth #A-Q01 during this week’s event.

Stanford Oliver, CEO of DigiFlight, Camelot Secure, and Phoenix NextGen, will receive a BEYA STEM Conference award for outstanding achievement in technology next week in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that both flight crew members had limited experience on the helicopter type at night. Investigators cited an increased workload and the operator’s preflight operational risk assessment, which did not capture the risks of the crew’s limited experience on type at night, as contributing factors.

VAI urges the full Senate to advance the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s nominations of John DeLeeuw to serve as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board and Daniel Edwards as an assistant secretary of transportation.

(AIN) – Nanyang Technological University has revealed a design for an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that could become Singapore’s first domestically produced passenger aircraft. Although certification of a full-scale aircraft isn’t expected until after 2030, flight testing of the two-thirds–scale model unveiled Feb. 3 is taking place in Singapore and Germany.

(AvBrief.com) – Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control already works one of the busiest, most crowded airspace systems in the United States. The 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles will pile onto that, and the general aviation squeeze will start earlier than most people think, explains Raf Sierra.

Bell Textron affiliate TRU Simulation + Training is highlighting its Level 7 Veris Virtual Reality (VR) Flight Simulator for the Bell 505 during the Singapore Airshow this week.