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The company’s Tsunami aerial fire-suppression system helps helicopter operators battle blazes. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!

VAI is accepting submissions for the 2026 POWER UP Magazine Photo Contest through Dec. 1, 2025. We will feature the winning photos in the March 2026 edition and display them at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The grand prize winner will receive $500.

The latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter examines the factors involved when pilots operate in degraded visual environments and other causes of spatial disorientation.

The new R22 will serve as a centerpiece for a Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute exhibit, “Cowboys, History & Hollywood,” which opens Oct. 18 and runs through Apr. 19, 2026, in Simi Valley, California.

(CBS News) – The suspect allegedly pointed a laser at a helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump Sep. 20 in Washington, D.C.

(Reuters) – While Embraer subsidiary Eve Air Mobility aims to achieve electric aircraft certification by 2027, the new president of the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) has expressed a desire to help Embraer secure approval next year.

(DVIDS) – The US Air Force (USAF) 40th Helicopter Squadron employed its new Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf to find and hoist a missing hiker late last month near Great Falls, Montana.

(CBC) – The operator used a Centum Lifeseeker unit to help locate a missing biker Sep. 19 near Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

(WSVN) – According to police, a 13-year-old suspect allegedly pointed a laser beam at a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Sep. 21 in Tampa.

The company has purchased a second Leonardo AW139 Level D full flight simulator (FFS) from TRU. The simulator will be based at Coptersafety’s facility next to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (EFHK) in Finland.