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(AIN) – The agency’s busy modernization agenda includes an effort to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to better manage airspace flow and reduce scheduling problems at busy airports, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said at a Royal Aeronautical Society event last week in Washington, D.C.

(Vertical Plus) – Responses are due Friday, May 29, for the annual survey, which is open to anyone in the global civil helicopter industry who has operated, flown, or maintained helicopters in the past two years.

(RNZ) – Vivid Sydney temporarily canceled a series of drone shows after a technical malfunction resulted in 89 drones falling into a harbor May 25 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain proper main-rotor rpm during a low-level turn, which resulted in the main-rotor rpm dropping and a loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew hoisted an injured hiker from a cliff on God’s Thumb May 24 in Lincoln City.

(PR Newswire) – The company has conducted a demonstration of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) formation flight using one V5000 Matrix and two V2000-series aircraft.

(Vertical magazine) – The Canadian government has selected VIH Helicopters and Coldstream Helicopters as leasing partners for the country’s first national fleet of firefighting aircraft.

The OEM is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing in the country during CANSEC, Canada’s leading defense, security, and technology event, this week in Ottawa. The event is hosted by the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries.

(Bernama) – Following an overnight weather delay, a helicopter crew assisted with transporting an injured hiker May 26 from Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara to a hospital in Bali.

The Atlanta, Georgia–based operator will use the TracPlus tracking platform for its fleet of 46 helicopters at multiple bases.