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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has identified multiple incident-management communication issues between teams responding to bushfires. The issues led to systemic-level improvements for coordination among teams during wildfire response operations.

The German government has reached an agreement for Quantum Systems to provide up to 747 Twister electric vertical takeoff and landing reconnaissance drones for the Bundeswehr’s ALADIN program.

The country’s military has exercised an option for 20 Airbus H145M light combat helicopters as part of a December 2023 order for 82 helicopters. Plans call for the German Army to receive 72 helicopters for training, reconnaissance, and light attack missions, and the Luftwaffe to receive 10 for special forces operations.

The OEM has extended its support contract with Heli-One under the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s All-Weather Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter program, which uses a fleet of AW101 SAR Queens.

(Open PR) – A new report from DataM Intelligence projects that the global electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft market will expand from a 2024 value of US$596 million to US$5.66 billion in 2032.

(ABC News) – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted a fisher whose boat caught on fire Dec. 14 off the coast of Clearwater, Florida.

The new nighttime site at Ingrams Sports Pitches in Cranbrook, Devon, England, increases the operator’s landing network to 207 locations.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Jan. 12, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52 – Doors – Jettisonable Windows and Seals on the Sliding Doors and Fixed Panels – Modification.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a revision to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-0147R1, ATA 05 – Time Limits/Maintenance Checks – Main Gearbox Suspension Bar Pins/Fittings – Re-Calculation of Life Limits; ATA 53 – Fuselage – Main Gearbox Suspension Bar Pins/Fittings – Replacement/Modification. The revision took effect Dec. 15, 2025.

The Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will collaborate with Archer Aviation to establish a regulatory pathway for electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi operations across the country.