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VAI and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) have submitted joint comments to the FAA advocating for more consolidated, safety-focused guidelines for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft facilities.

Kamatics, a subsidiary of Kaman, is partnering with Pocahontas, Arkansas–based Rotorcraft Repair & Manufacturing (RRM) to market and sell RRM’s Dragon Skin Extreme blade coating, which is formulated to protect against erosion and corrosion.

(The Daily Universe) – A helicopter crew from Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s national fire and rescue service, airlifted a family with a 3-month-old baby Oct. 20 after massive flooding in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which becomes effective Nov. 12, 2024, retains the requirements of a superseding AD while expanding the applicability and updating the reference materials. The AD requires inspections of certain Pacific Scientific Co. rotary buckle assemblies.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator First Stage High Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, takes effect Oct. 31, 2024.

This revised European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Rotating Swashplate Yokes–Inspection, takes effect Nov. 5, 2024.

Lilium has announced that its principal German subsidiaries will apply for self-administration proceedings with a court in Germany in the next few days. The move, which would involve company management maintaining control under the supervision of a custodian, follows a failed government approval for a loan from KfW.

Teledyne FLIR Defense has obtained a five-year US Army contract valued at up to $91 million for its Black Hornet 4 nano–unmanned aerial systems.

Pilot John International is partnering with Teledyne to expand its line of ground-support equipment, avionics, and aircraft parts to include Gill aircraft batteries and accessories.

Joby Aviation is hosting a technology familiarization session this week with aviation regulators from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, and the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority at its facilities in Marina.