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VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2025

Joby Aviation, ANA Holdings demo electric air taxi in Japan

The companies conducted a public flight demonstration during Expo 2025, which runs through mid-October in Osaka, Kansai.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2025

VoltaXplore to supply battery cells for Volatus drone

The NanoXplore subsidiary has reached an agreement with Volatus Aerospace on the future production of lithium-ion battery cells.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

VAI urges members to comment on FAA’s proposed BVLOS drone regulations

The deadline is Monday, Oct. 6, to submit comments on the proposed FAA rule, Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS), also known as Part 108.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

USFS moves wildfire-response helicopter to KLEB

(WMUR) – The US Forest Service (USFS) is temporarily stationing the helicopter at Lebanon Municipal Airport (KLEB) in New Hampshire to help speed response times to wildfires in White Mountain National Forest.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

USHST column: How did I get here?

Mike Becker of Yandina Creek, Queensland, Australia–based Swashplate shares lessons learned from an unexpected flight straight into a cloud—including never assume, remember your training, and keep your cool—in the latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame enshrines current FAA administrator

The organization inducted FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, who has worked more than 35 years in the aviation industry, Sep. 27 in Carmel.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

StandardAero appoints new chief legal officer

Michael Kaplan will rejoin the company Oct. 6 to succeed Steve Sinquefield, who is retiring after more than 10 years in the role.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

Salus Aviation names new head of MRO sales

The company has appointed Natasha Dean as head of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sales. She will oversee regional account managers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2025

Proposed FAA AD: Leonardo Helicopters A109E

The FAA is requesting comments by Nov. 14 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede AD 2021-23-04, issued Dec. 6, 2021. The proposed AD would retain the existing requirements for repetitive inspections of the affected area for cracking while adding additional helicopter models to the applicability. It would also require a modification of the affected area, which would constitute a terminating action for the repetitive inspections.