TracPlus appoints new CEO The New Zealand–based aerial firefighting software company has named John O’Hara, a former chairman of its board of directors, as… Continue reading →
Bell celebrates 40th anniversary of Kestrel Aviation Bell Textron is highlighting the family-owned Australian business founded in 1985, which provides aerial firefighting and emergency response services with… Continue reading →
City on fire (POWER UP magazine) – The wildfires that decimated Los Angeles, California, in January pushed aerial firefighting teams to their limits.… Continue reading →
VAI Briefs: VAI leads collaboration on HEC policy (POWER UP) – After nearly two years’ collaboration with VAI and other rotorcraft operators, the FAA revised its human external… Continue reading →
Life Flight Network to expand air medical services in Hawaii The Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation is collaborating with donors to help fund a new Airbus H145 that Life Flight… Continue reading →
Raytheon launches Coyote military drone from helicopter RTX subsidiary Raytheon evaluated a new version of its Coyote unmanned aerial system from a helicopter during a recent test… Continue reading →
BOOST Systems to offer IMS New Zealand bucket in Canada, US BOOST Systems has reached an agreement to serve as an exclusive representative for IMS New Zealand’s Cloudburst Fire Bucket in… Continue reading →
Nautilus Aviation’s Bell 407GXi fleet tops 6,300 flight hours The flight-hour total includes more than 3,000 hours accumulated since June 2024 on a variety of missions around North Queensland… Continue reading →
South Australia Police to add pair of Bell 429s into air support fleet Toll Aviation and the government of South Australia have ordered two Bell 429s, which will join the law enforcement operator’s… Continue reading →
Airbus delivers pair of H145Ms to Cyprus military The National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus has received the first two H145Ms from Airbus as part of a… Continue reading →