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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Apr. 21 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA – Rotorcraft Flight Manual – Section Emergency Procedures – Amendment; ATA 42 – Integrated Modular Avionics – Ethernet Network – Inspection/Modification.

The maker of the Valo electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft notes advances in flight testing and manufacturing along with increased orders in its 2025 Annual Report.

VAI brought together nearly 200 members from across the vertical aviation community for a Mar. 23 member roundtable on the operational and safety impacts of recent changes to US airspace rules.

The company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Latrobe is now fully operational and conducting final preparations for the delivery of Airbus H145 D3s to Life Flight Network and CareFlite.

A team from the OEM showed how 5G cellular infrastructure can double as real-time drone detection using a prototype system known as NetSense. The system turns commercial networks into an added layer of safety capable of identifying aerial intrusions in crowded or complex environments.

Aeropar, which uses a mixed fleet of 15 aircraft, plans to use the two new helicopters for utility transport operations in Paraguay following delivery in 2028.

William Sampson, VP and head of market operations for Airbus Helicopters, explains the critical role of helicopters as the operational gray space between civil and military missions becomes more blurred in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

The companies will maintain and repair the Gen 4 target acquisition and designation sight/pilot night-vision system and Longbow fire control radar systems on the Polish Armed Forces AH-64E Apache fleet.

The Lockheed Martin company has completed flight testing and delivery of the US Army’s experimental UH-60MX Black Hawk with the Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy suite.