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VAI, a Modern Skies Coalition member, is asking Congress to pass the FY26 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The legislation would fund the FAA against future US government shutdowns. A potential deal to avoid another shutdown is in the works and is expected to receive votes in Congress by Jan. 31.

(CNN Business) – US President Donald Trump wrote on social media Jan. 29 that he is decertifying all aircraft made in Canada and threatened a 50% tariff until the country certifies American-made Gulfstreams. It is unclear whether Trump has the legal authority to decertify aircraft. No US president has ever decertified jets directly. The decision has always been made by aviation safety experts at the FAA.

(KFVS) – A pilot and three Missouri State Parks employees received minor injuries after the helicopter went down into the Meramec River Jan. 29 in Franklin County.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53 – Fuselage – Mounts and Attachment – Checks/Replacement, takes effect Feb. 5.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53 – Fuselage – Intermediate Fuselage Frame 8 – Inspection, becomes effective Feb. 2.

VSE Corp. has agreed to purchase the Atlanta, Georgia–based maintenance, repair, and overhaul services provider from GenNx360 Capital Partners in a deal valued at more than $2 billion.

The companies have started operations at a new beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) airspace-management facility at Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport (KSGH) in Ohio.

The US Army has awarded a $45.6 million contract for the company to provide Vita Rescue Systems for US military helicopters, including early deliveries to active Army and National Guard units.

Rotortrade’s North America Helicopter Market Report 2025 notes that inventory scarcity has become a defining constraint, leading operators toward preowned options.

(Reuters) – Horizon Aircraft has selected Burlington, Ontario, Canada–based RAMPF Composite Solutions to provide the main body for its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.