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The Vista, California–based avionics provider has named Randy Jones VP of sales and marketing.

The OEM has released a detailed view into the design and assembly work at its 173,000-sq.-ft. helicopter factory in Menominee.

The Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI) completions, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility is now more than 25,000 sq. ft. at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH) near Houston, Texas. The company has also hired Ali Durham as project manager.

(Vertical magazine) – Helicopters are playing a significant role in the widespread rescue operation unfolding across New South Wales, where historic flooding has submerged homes, swept away cars, and isolated thousands of people.

The company is upgrading two US Army surplus UH-60L Black Hawks with firefighting equipment for the Kern County Fire Department in California. Timberline Helicopters will assist United Rotorcraft with the project.

The European operator will provide nine Bell 412s and an Airbus Super Puma for Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge and four helicopters for the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha.

The company has published its Latin America Helicopter Market Report 2024–25 as part of a new series that focuses on regional markets.

The FAA is asking for public comments by Jul. 22 on its intent to renew an information collection involving Form 8710-13, which applicants use to obtain a Part 107 remote pilot certificate to operate unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has concluded that the rotor blades failed while the aircraft was parked during high-wind conditions without a functioning rotor brake, which led four blades to break off from the helicopter.

(Stuff) – A helicopter crew picked up a resident stranded by recent flooding in Pambula, New South Wales.