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VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

GAMA report: Helicopter shipments down slightly in 2025

According to a new General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) report, piston helicopter shipments were down by only one unit for the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, while turbine helicopter shipments decreased 2.3%.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Airbus Helicopters selects Centum Lifeseeker as factory option

(Vertical magazine) – Airbus will offer the Centum phone location system as a line-fit option for new helicopters.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Report: Global AAM market to grow rapidly over next decade

(EIN Presswire) – A new forecast from Allied Market Research predicts that the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector will expand from a value of $16.81 billion in 2025 to $110 billion in 2035.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Bidder for Lilium’s assets sees opportunity despite complications

(AIN) – Prospective investors at the Ambitious Air Mobility Group are seeking to find a way through legal complexities to acquire the assets, intellectual property, and facilities of insolvent German electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developer Lilium.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Schiebel introduces pair of military Camcopter variants

Newly established subsidiary Schiebel Defence will produce the Camcopter S-101 and S-301 tactical unmanned aircraft systems in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

FAA releases August 2025 helicopter accident data

The FAA Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard covers various metrics, including total accidents, fatal accidents, average accident rates, and average fatal-accident rates.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Final FAA AD: Bell Textron Canada 505

The FAA is accepting comments through Oct. 27 on this airworthiness directive (AD), which would require a one-time visual inspection for cracks in the mounting bracket on the oil cooler fan assembly housing, as well as a modification of the mounting bracket. The AD takes effect Sep. 25.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Final FAA AD: Leonardo A109 series, A119, and AW119 MkII

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Sep. 25, requires repetitive inspections of certain swashplate nuts for cracks, fretting, or slippage marks, as well as replacement, if necessary. The FAA is accepting comments on the AD through Oct. 27.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

FAA Safety Briefing: Medical updates under 2024 reauthorization

Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup provides an update on changes to the MedXPress program from the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.

VAI Daily

Sep. 10, 2025

Vertical Aerospace completes wingborne flight testing

The company has started the final flight-testing stage—transition testing—for its VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing prototype.