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VAI Weekly
January 15, 2025
Airbus delivers pair of H160s to Japan’s National Police AgencyThe Japanese law enforcement agency received its first H160 in late 2024 and the second earlier this month.
VAI Weekly
January 15, 2025
Robinson names Volo Mission distributor for R66 utility variantRobinson Helicopter Co. has designated Campbell, Texas–based Volo Mission as an authorized distributor for the utility version of the R66 in the United States.
VAI Weekly
January 15, 2025
LifeSave air medical program receives CAMTS accreditationThe Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) approval for the Air Methods operator covers bases in Emporia, Garden City, Liberal, and Wichita, Kansas.
VAI Weekly
January 15, 2025
EASA AD: Airbus EC175B helicoptersThis European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53–Fuselage–Tail Rotor Pylon–Inspection, takes effect Jan. 21, 2025.
VAI Weekly
January 15, 2025
EASA AD: Airbus H160-B helicoptersThis European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Rotating Swashplate Yokes–Inspection, becomes effective Jan. 21, 2025. It supersedes AD 2024-0206- ...
VAI Weekly
January 14, 2025
Skyryse secures agreement for SkyOS in US Army helicoptersSkyryse will work to integrate its SkyOS operating system, reduce training time for pilots, and introduce an optionally piloted capability for a fleet of 2,400 US Army Black Hawk helicopters and o ...
VAI Weekly
January 14, 2025
HSI delivers H125 with equipment to combat mosquitos in LouisianaHelicopter Services Inc. (HSI) has installed a mosquito-control package on an Airbus H125 for East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control.
VAI Weekly
January 14, 2025
Teledyne FLIR Defense to supply ESS-M systems for USCG helicoptersTeledyne FLIR Defense has obtained a contract to provide more than 125 electro-optic sensor system–modernized (ESS-M) units for the US Coast Guard (USCG) fleet of Sikorsky MH-60s and Eurocopter MH ...
VAI Weekly
January 14, 2025
Proposed FAA AD: Siam Hiller UH-12E (US Army OH-23G and H-23F) and UH-12EL helicoptersThis proposed FAA airworthiness directive (AD) would require inspecting certain main-rotor driveshafts for a crack, prohibit installing certain main-rotor driveshafts unless the inspection is done ...
