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The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has added the two operators into its Industry Partner Programme.

Bell Textron is taking the helicopter to locations in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates following its appearance in November at the 2025 Dubai Airshow.

The electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft maker plans to increase output at its facilities in California and Ohio to produce four aircraft per month by 2027.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded Airbus a contract valued at 30 million euros to provide maritime surveillance services with a fleet of Flexrotor drones starting in 2026.

A US Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew on Dec. 17 rescued two people from a sailing vessel with a broken mast 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs.

The FAA is accepting comments through Feb. 2, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require a one-time consistency check of the part number and serial number of the main rotorhead, as well as determining if the main rotorhead has been modified. It would also allow the replacement of the main rotorhead and prohibit the installation of an affected main rotorhead on any helicopter.

The OEM collaborated with the US Army and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate the handling qualities of the MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft using NASA’s vertical motion simulator.

The Boeing subsidiary is endorsing the US Department of Transportation’s Advanced Air Mobility National Strategy released Dec. 17.

Archer Aviation has submitted applications with cities in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas to launch initial electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi operations under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.