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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has canceled ATA 62 – Main Rotor – Main Rotor Pitch Rod End Bearings – Replacement, which was originally issued Jan. 8, 2026.

The latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter provides a snapshot of the October 2025–January 2026 data from the FAA’s Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard.

The company’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft helped kick off Joby’s 2026 Electric Skies Tour of the United States with flights over the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bell Textron has conducted the first AH-1Z and UH-1Y upgrades under the US Marine Corps Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects (SPINE) program.

The report notes that long backlogs for new aircraft are leading operators to find creative solutions.

Airbus plans to deliver the three helicopters to Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI) later this year for completions and sales to operators.

The special conditions, which took effect Mar. 17, add safety standards for the EC175B’s search-and-rescue (SAR) automatic flight control system that existing regulations do not cover. The FAA is accepting comments about the proposal through May 1.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires revising the existing rotorcraft flight manual supplement and replacing the information placard with one that specifies instructions for locking the seat headrest. It takes effect Mar. 31.

The FAA is accepting comments through Apr. 27 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitive visual inspections of the auxiliary servo assembly, a fluorescent penetrant inspection of the yaw-pedal damper housing, and corrective actions, if necessary.