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Meridian International Center CEO Stuart Holliday, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, will serve in the newly created role.

Rob Wiesenthal, founder and CEO of Blade Air Mobility, will continue to lead the company as a Joby subsidiary.

VAI offices will be closed Monday, Sep. 1, 2025, in observance of Labor Day, a US federal holiday. VAI Daily will not be published on that day. The newsletter will resume publication when the association’s offices reopen Tuesday, Sep. 2.

A US Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew located and transported a pilot whose small aircraft had not returned from the Chilkat Mountains Aug. 23 near Haines, Alaska.

Sikorsky has named Ace Aeronautics an authorized customer support center for the UH/HH-60L and S-70A Black Hawk.

Bell sponsors the annual Marine Corps Aviation Association (MCAA) John P. Giguere Award. This year’s winner is Marine Light Attack Helicopter (HMLA) 367, which flies AH-1Z Vipers and UH-1Y Venoms.

The OEM has published a feature on the helicopter lessor, which is celebrating its 15th year in business.

The FAA has approved the New Iberia–based flight school to provide six helicopter and eight fixed-wing aircraft flight training courses.

Somant Heeralall and Yadram Ramcharran have become the first pilots from the South American country to complete ab initio helicopter training.

The company conducted demonstration flights of its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from Jul. 31 to Aug. 24 during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.