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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The OEM has secured more than 150 orders for the R88 ahead of EUROPEAN ROTORS 2025, which takes place Nov. 18–20 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The R88 made its US debut in March at VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.

(AIN) – Textron plans to redistribute the electric and conventional aircraft activities of Textron eAviation among its other subsidiaries, the company revealed in an Oct. 17 financial filing.

(Astrobiology) – Four European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts flew EC135 helicopters over mountainous terrain and conducted simulator training during the three-week course hosted by the German Bundeswehr at the International Helicopter Training Centre in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.

The OEM has signed letters of intent with the Ukraine government to evaluate areas of cooperation, including the supply of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters under the US government’s Foreign Military Sales program.