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VAI joins nearly 50 other trade associations in the Modern Skies Coalition in urging Congress to stop essential work without pay, which jeopardizes aviation safety and security. The pay stoppage is associated with the ongoing US Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

The VAI Southeast Asia Aviation Safety Conference, which takes place May 27–29 in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, will feature sessions focused on operational challenges, including an open discussion with VAI President and CEO François Lassale about regional hazards, real safety risks, and what actually works.

The OEM has completed a firefighting exercise in a French forest that linked helicopters, drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and ground personnel using interconnected communication and data-processing systems.

(KTUL) – The suspect allegedly pointed a loaded handgun at a Tulsa Police Department helicopter Mar. 20 after a large fight at a park in the city.

(BBC) – An HM Coastguard helicopter crew airlifted two people from a listing sailboat Mar. 24 near the entrance to the River Roach in Essex, England.

(Syracuse.com) – The FAA has selected Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) in New York as a test site for a pilot program that will evaluate how to integrate electric aircraft into the US National Airspace System.

Organizations that get safety culture right don’t achieve it by accident, notes the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s (ACSF) Safety Spotlight.

The Business Intelligence Group has named Veryon a recipient of its 2026 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Excellence Award. The company is also a platinum winner of the 2026 Pinnacle Awards for AI.

The OEM will display two new helicopters at Booth MD-005B during the April 14–19 event in Lakeland, Florida.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Apr. 30, requires replacement of certain affected bolts on the horizontal control rods of the flight controls with bolts that are eligible for installation. It also prohibits installation of an affected bolt on any helicopter.