Wisk Aero advances air taxi partnerships in Florida city The Boeing subsidiary has reached agreements to explore electric air taxi services for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department and the University… Continue reading →
Robinson revises service letters on component maintenance courses, stabilizer kit Robinson has published an update to two service letters for owners and operators. The first is related to the component… Continue reading →
Astronautics adds division focused on aircraft systems The new Astronautics Corporation of America business unit will focus on providing cockpit displays and avionics integration services for helicopter… Continue reading →
VAI Debrief: Analysis of executive orders reshaping drone policy and low-altitude airspace The Trump administration’s Jun. 6 directives accelerate beyond visual line of sight rulemaking, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft integration,… Continue reading →
White House issues EO reshaping federal wildfire response VAI is reviewing the potential impact of the US presidential executive order (EO) on helicopter firefighting operators. Continue reading →
Archer Aviation raises $850M after drone executive order The Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker raised US$850 million in new funding after the White House… Continue reading →
Bell celebrates 250th anniversary of US Army Bell is highlighting its support of the US Army over the decades as the military service celebrates 250 years in… Continue reading →
Vertical Aerospace, Bristow partner on eVTOL ops platform The companies will develop a scalable operations platform for the Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft… Continue reading →
Proposed EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland/MBB BK 117 The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Jul. 10 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA… Continue reading →
Ascendance, Airbus partner on hybrid-electric technology The French company has agreed to work with Airbus to develop hybrid-electric propulsion technology for aircraft. Continue reading →