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The air medical operator and the OEM announced the order and celebrated the recent delivery of a Bell 429 during last week’s Air Medical Transport Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Australian operator’s fleet of eight Leonardo AW139s that support the New South Wales Ambulance service reached the flight-hours milestone in conducting more than 24,000 air medical missions since 2017.

The OEM has appointed Tangmere Aircraft Sales as its authorized sales representative in the countries for the Bell 429, Subaru-Bell 412EPX, and Bell 525.

(Omanet) – The country’s advanced air mobility (AAM) operational launch program will assess use cases for the Odys Aviation Laila unmanned hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft starting in early 2026.

(Euronews) – Controllers at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (EDDB) in Schönefeld suspended flights for two hours Oct. 31 because of an unidentified drone that entered the airspace.

(KSL) – The robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts is evaluating a small drone inspired by a bat to assist with search-and-rescue (SAR) operations, including in the dark and during stormy or smoky conditions.

(WSMV) – A patrolling Metropolitan Nashville Police Department helicopter crew helped arrest four suspects who allegedly burglarized vehicles in a parking lot Oct. 30 in Madison, Tennessee.

The operator and the OEM celebrated the end of a fleet renewal program involving four H130s at the Airbus Helicopters facility in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

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Officials in the capital of Finland are conducting test flights using drones to deliver medical supplies to the Laajasalo Health Station through Nov. 7.