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The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) has released its monthly safety report for July 2025. The report covers various metrics, including average accident rates and average fatal-accident rates for the past five years.

(KCNC-TV) – A team of mechanics from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is working quickly to return a new Sikorsky S-70i to service following a scheduled inspection during the middle of the summer fire season.

Airbus Helicopters is highlighting recent approvals from the French military involving the process of refueling the H225M in-flight with a fixed-wing A400M.

The maker of the Aerial Grapple Saw enables utility, firefighting, and other operators to remove trees and branches from hard-to-reach areas. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!

(POWER UP magazine) – Aviation challenges us to prove ourselves each day. VAI Director of Flight Operations and Maintenance Zac Noble explains.

(Smart Cities Dive) – The Boeing subsidiary aims to begin commercial air taxi flights in Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; and Miami, Florida, within five years.

(Vertical magazine) – That baked-in commonality will provide unprecedented advantages for future variants of the Bell MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and revolutionize US Army operations, writes retired army aviator Steve Mathias.

(WBAL) – A Maryland State Police Aviation Command helicopter crew hoisted one of three people after their boat capsized Jul. 19 in the Chesapeake Bay. A fireboat crew rescued the two other boaters.

(BBC) – The two suspects allegedly pointed a green laser at a National Police Air Service helicopter crew and fixed-wing aircraft Jul. 17 in West Derby, Liverpool, England.

(PR Newswire) – Under an agreement announced at this week’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2025 Aviation Forum and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, Flexcompute’s Flow360 computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform will help optimize the R88’s cooling system and reduce manual testing.