Lilium provides financial, testing update for eVTOL aircraft program The German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker is continuing with a KPMG–led process to restructure the business… Continue reading →
VAI Members-Only Benefit: Share your news in VAI Daily VAI members can broadcast their business news in our flagship VAI Daily e-newsletter, which reaches 38,000 subscribers—nearly all of them… Continue reading →
Transport Canada AD: Bell Textron Canada 430 helicopters This Transport Canada airworthiness directive (AD), CF-2024-40, Main Rotor–Pitch Link Assembly Clevis Fracture, takes effect Dec. 17, 2024. It supersedes… Continue reading →
AirLife Georgia recognizes 12-year-old for actions in emergency The Air Methods operator presented a certificate of heroism to a girl who kept three other children safe and calm… Continue reading →
US Army adds trio of CH-47F Block II Chinooks to existing order The US Army purchase from Boeing, which delivered the first two Block II Chinooks in June and September 2024, is… Continue reading →
Bell Textron, NIAR evaluate stop/fold transition in wind-tunnel tests The Texas-based manufacturer completed wind-tunnel testing of the technology at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State… Continue reading →
PZL Mielec delivers S-70i Black Hawk to Polish National Police The Lockheed Martin company completed the delivery of a second S-70i under a contract signed in December 2022. The addition… Continue reading →
Two Bear Air Rescue Foundation advances toward ORRA Bronze Level The organization’s progress in the VAI and VLinc Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) program demonstrates its commitment to safety. Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus EC225 LP helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitively inspecting certain main-rotor hub sleeves and prohibits installing those sleeves without an… Continue reading →
Vita Inclinata conducts military testing of rescue system The company has completed US Army airworthiness qualification and US Air Force testing of its Vita Rescue System. Continue reading →
