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(NBC News) – The US government admitted in court documents to failures that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision between a military helicopter and passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA), which resulted in the deaths of 67 people.

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

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 71 – Powerplant – Fuel Draining System – Inspection, takes effect Dec. 31, 2025.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has added the two operators into its Industry Partner Programme.

Bell Textron is taking the helicopter to locations in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates following its appearance in November at the 2025 Dubai Airshow.

The electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft maker plans to increase output at its facilities in California and Ohio to produce four aircraft per month by 2027.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded Airbus a contract valued at 30 million euros to provide maritime surveillance services with a fleet of Flexrotor drones starting in 2026.

A US Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew on Dec. 17 rescued two people from a sailing vessel with a broken mast 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs.

The FAA is accepting comments through Feb. 2, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require a one-time consistency check of the part number and serial number of the main rotorhead, as well as determining if the main rotorhead has been modified. It would also allow the replacement of the main rotorhead and prohibit the installation of an affected main rotorhead on any helicopter.

The OEM collaborated with the US Army and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate the handling qualities of the MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft using NASA’s vertical motion simulator.