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This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires installing an improved main-gearbox fan rotor bearing assembly, takes effect Jun. 11. It supersedes AD 2021-09-14, which the FAA issued May 18, 2021.

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The Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron has completed the training and certification program for the Vita Rescue System.

The electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft maker has appointed Cristiano Tartaglione as COO for United Arab Emirates (UAE) operations.

The US National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA), as part of its safety campaign aimed at preventing midair collisions, is reminding agricultural operators that drones must always yield the right-of-way to piloted aircraft in low-altitude airspace. NAAA is also stressing that pilots should circle the field before entering an application site.

AvTask can also offer Boeing CH-47 rotor blade services for US government operators under a new US General Services Administration contract.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitive inspections and potential replacement of the inclined and horizontal driveshaft flanges, takes effect Jun. 6. The AD also prohibits installing certain inclined and horizontal driveshafts unless certain requirements are met, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The companies extinguished propane and brush fires using a Black Hawk equipped with Sikorsky’s Matrix flight autonomy system and Rain’s wildfire support planning software during tests late last month in Southern California.

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