VFS announces winners of 2025 Lichten awards Angela Buccio of Bell Textron is the overall winner of this year’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Robert L. Lichten technical… Continue reading →
VAI Members-Only Benefit: VAI Online Academy Our robust e-learning management system offers livestreamed content and enhanced online training courses for pilots, managers, operators, and maintenance and… Continue reading →
US Army Special Ops orders 5 Boeing MH-47G Block II Chinooks The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command has awarded a contract for Boeing to remanufacture five additional MH-47G Block II… Continue reading →
Ethiopian Airlines joins Archer’s launch edition program The African carrier has reached an agreement with Archer Aviation to deploy a fleet of Midnight electric vertical takeoff and… Continue reading →
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 →