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The rotor blades that will carry next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) functioned above Mach 1 during tests earlier this year in Southern California.

The FAA General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey is now open, and VAI encourages operators to participate. Governmental agencies and industry organizations will use data from the survey results to compute safety metrics, determine funding for infrastructure and service needs, and more.

(AIN) – The OEM has received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for an upgrade that replaces the Rolls-Royce 250-C20B engine with the 250-C30.

For many US helicopter operators, the clock is ticking toward the May 2027 safety management system (SMS) mandate. Through an anonymous, one-question survey, VAI is taking a quick pulse check across the industry to better understand where operators stand in their SMS journey. Click on the headline above to take the survey!

The FAA is accepting comments through Jun. 22 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness and the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable.

(KOIN) – A US Coast Guard crew assisted local search-and-rescue and police teams with airlifting an injured hiker May 3 from an area near McKenzie River Trail in Lane County.

The United Kingdom (UK) government has allocated £46.5 million (US$62 million) to advance the development of air taxis and strengthen regulations for drone and advanced air mobility aircraft operators.

(RotorHub) – The helicopters will undergo inspections at Rotortrade’s facility in Tallard, France, before joining the Toll fleet in Australia.

(KYW-TV) – Students in the program work to become future US Army aviators from Chandelle Airport in Kent County near Dover.

(Global Military Forum) – A Mexican Navy Mi-17 crew made a hard landing shortly after lifting off from a military base May 4 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.