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(The War Zone) – The US Air Force is sharing details about how it will modify a subset of HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopters to perform the Air Force District of Washington mission set, including transporting VIP officials and supporting continuity of government plans.

A team from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) conducted a series of flight tests on the Leonardo AW09 pre-series helicopter at the Kopter facility in Mollis.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – The Chinese company has generated US$300 million in investment funding to support the certification and initial delivery of its VE25-100 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

(Phys.org) – A research team from the University of Arizona demonstrated that a ground-penetrating radar mounted on a drone can map the thickness of rocky debris covering glaciers on Earth. The results could help future astronauts locate accessible water locked in buried ice on Mars.

DART Aerospace has received a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) supplemental type certificate for enhancements to its Fire Attack System Model 304 for the Bell 205, 212, 412/Agusta-Bell AB 412, and UH-1H helicopters.

(KTLA) – The pilot of an Apr. 28 commercial flight on approach to San Diego International Airport (KSAN) reported to the tower that the Boeing 737 hit a drone.

The OEM has published a feature about Precision Helicopters, which uses Flexrotor drones to assist with aerial mapping for a fleet of H215 Super Pumas and H125s in firefighting operations.

The OEM is highlighting five pilots—Salvador Carrazoni, Eric Emblin, Sean Mah, Tim Mouw, and Jose Piedrahita—in honor of World Pilots’ Day, which took place on Apr. 26.

(AirMed&Rescue) – The center at the University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing will train nurses and paramedics in the skill of critical-care transportation. It will feature a clinical flight simulator using a Metro Aviation–donated BK 117 airframe.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the loss of engine power due to high-cycle fatigue failure of a power turbine stage 3 turbine wheel blade.