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The TJC company’s acquisition of Sightline Intelligence from Artemis Capital Partners closed on Friday, Apr. 24.

(Aerospace America) – The Safran-led TAKE OFF (Technology and Knowledge for European Open Fan Flight) project brings together more than two dozen partners, including Airbus, GE Aerospace, and GKN Aerospace.

In recognition of World Pilots’ Day, which took place Apr. 26, Air Methods is honoring lead pilot Bradley Rice and pilot TJ McNelis from Norton Children’s Just for Kids Transport in Louisville.

Bell Textron and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will explore options to develop a Bell MV-75 variant for South Korea’s High Speed Medium Utility Helicopter program.

(Dronelife) – The Huntsville, Alabama–based company raised $11 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its artificial intelligence software platform designed for public safety and defense organizations to deploy and manage operations using multiple drones.

The new Bell Textron facility in Wichita will manufacture and assemble the fuselage for the MV-75 Cheyenne under a US Army contract.

The FAA is accepting comments through Jun. 15 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitive inspections of the left-hand and right-hand ejector ducts, including the exhaust bracket reinforcements and reinforcement plates. It would also require replacement of any affected ejector duct, if necessary.

(Defence Blog) – US Naval Systems Command awarded a contract Apr. 28 to Near Earth Autonomy to develop an autonomous resupply aircraft with Bell and other partners that will support high-risk logistics operations for the US Marine Corps. The companies will use the Bell 505 platform for the program.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect May 14, requires inspecting the rotor hub-shaft for cracks and, depending on the results, replacing any rotor hub-shaft with cracks. The FAA is accepting comments about the AD through Jun. 15.

The Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force will use the Bucher Leichtbau equipment on an Airbus H135 for disaster response, search-and-rescue, and firefighting operations.