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VAI and a coalition of aviation organizations have weighed in on multiple requests for comments relating to US plans to auction off and expand commercial wireless use of the Upper C-band spectrum, warning that the change could interfere with aircraft radio altimeters and impose significant upgrade costs on operators.

VAI encourages pilots, mission planners, and operators—particularly those conducting low-level, off-airport, or special-mission operations—to consider using SlackMap as a supplemental awareness tool.

The FAA and US Department of Transportation have selected Joby Aviation as a partner in multiple winning applications under the Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program.

View the highlights from the VERTICON 2026 Fly-In, which took place Mar. 6–7 prior to the show in Atlanta, Georgia.

(KGET) – The helicopter went down while laying power lines Mar. 9 in a remote area outside Mojave, California, resulting in the death of the pilot.

(Gulf News) – According to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defence, a technical malfunction led to a Mar. 9 helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of two soldiers.

The Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker will collaborate with Aeroauto Global in Florida and expand its partnership with SAI Flight in South Carolina to Florida.

(Economic Times) – The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed an Mi-17 V5 crew Mar. 10 to drop water and help contain a forest fire near Pasighat in Arunachal.

The Bell 429 Designer Series includes leather upholstery, composite panels, a redesigned headliner, and an upgraded cabin console.

The FAA and US Department of Transportation (DOT) have selected eight sites for the Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The states involved in the project are Florida, Louisiana, New York/New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah, plus the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.