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The United Kingdom (UK) Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority have announced the launch of the UK Airspace Design Service, which is charged with redesigning aircraft flight paths to integrate air taxis and drones, starting with the airspace around London, England.

Brazil’s Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (FINEP) has awarded a grant up to R$90 million (US$15.8 million) to the Embraer subsidiary for advanced air mobility projects that include autonomous flight systems, battery technology, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, and sustainable aviation fuel.

Andrew Parker, who served as MI5 director general from 2013 to 2020, has joined the board of directors for the United Kingdom–based company.

Blade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal took part in the first passenger-carrying flight of the Beta Technologies Alia conventional takeoff and landing electric aircraft Jun. 3 in New York.

(Unofficial Networks) – A helicopter crew performed a short-haul rescue for an injured hiker Jun. 1 at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

The company’s Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission subsidiary is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees along more than 400 miles of high-voltage power lines across the state. The work will continue through the end of the year.

(Hanover Evening Sun) – A Pennsylvania State Police helicopter crew helped ground teams find a missing 13-year-old Jun. 1 in Adams County.

(AIN) – By gathering light detection and ranging (LiDAR) images from its Bell 407GXi, Australian utility company Powercor can see precisely where vegetation needs to be trimmed and reduce the ability of bushfires to spread.

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Alaska Air National Guard and Army National Guard helicopter units responded to five requests for assistance involving nine people from May 24 to 28.