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The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) worked with the FAA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and industry partners earlier this year to operationalize the first uncrewed aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) system in the United States.

In a new episode of the FAA’s Rotorcraft Collective, Chris Baur, US Helicopter Safety Team cochair and VAI Board member, discusses how to safely use a smartwatch in the cockpit.

(US Coast Guard) – A Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Clearwater, Florida, saved three people from a partially submerged sailboat Jun. 30 near Plana Cays in the Bahama Islands.

(Flying magazine) – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is studying the Skyryse SkyOS universal flight operating system for potential application on multiple firefighting aircraft.

(US Army) – Members of the Washington National Guard’s 96th Aviation Troop Command partnered with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue to conduct water bucket training Jun. 30 near Puyallup.

(Vertical HeliCASTS) – Executives from Bell Textron talk about global supply chain constraints, maintenance strategies, the OEM’s focus on supporting operators, and more.

The academy in Fort Worth, Texas, recently hosted a reunion of veterans who served in the US Army’s 192nd Attack Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War.

The new 32,000-sq.-ft. electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturing center in central Israel includes an assembly line, an engineering and systems lab, a composites workshop, a painting area, and a flight readiness zone for ground testing.