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The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) winter 2026 newsletter includes articles about the new It’s OK to Stay safety initiative, interpreting weather data, USHST Steering Committee member Lee Roskop, and more.

(Aerospace Testing International) – Airbus and Leonardo have launched the second phase of the European Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies project, a three-year effort cofunded by the European Union (EU) to mature critical technologies for future military vertical lift platforms.

(Mirror) – In 2017, an Mi-26 crew airlifted the remains of a 20,000-year-old woolly mammoth from the tundra of the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia, Russia.

(Commercial UAV News) – As the FAA prepares to finalize Part 108, the long‑awaited rule that will govern beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, the question naturally arises: Will the world follow again like when the FAA released Part 107 in 2016? The stakes are far higher this time.

(Dronelife) – The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Routine Autonomous Multi-Aircraft Operations Working Group is advancing efforts to make autonomous fleet operations using multiple drones a routine part of the US National Airspace System. The group is looking for new members to help.

(OpenPR) – A new report from DataM Intelligence projects the global market to grow from a 2024 value of US$4.84 billion to US$54.03 billion by 2032.

(Vertical magazine) – Pilots look at the safety lessons learned from an Era Helicopters Leonardo AW139 crew that dealt with complete loss of collective control on Sep. 24, 2022.

(Scoop) – The organization completed 35 missions last month across the Manawatū and Whanganui regions of North Island, New Zealand.

(Caliber) – According to the Peruvian Air Force, an Mi-17 on a flood-relief mission went down Feb. 22 in Arequipa, resulting in the deaths of 15 people.

LYNEports and AeroVecto Aviation Services have agreed to partner on advanced air mobility vertiports in the region, starting in Oman.