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Lehi, Utah–based Altaport and Canadian professional services firm WSP have developed a concept of operations that provides a detailed approach to the business requirements of a vertiport automation system.

(Urban Air Mobility) – India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has published guidelines for the construction and operation of vertiports, including for both short takeoff and landing and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Boeing is offering the Block II variant of its CH-47F Chinook to conduct heavy-lift transport services for the Polish Armed Forces.

Hensoldt has conducted flight tests of a new interference-resistant radar system for uncontrolled airspace at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Robinson has obtained FAA approval to double the service life on more than a dozen R66 helicopter components from 2,000 to 4,000 hours.

(WISN) – Law enforcement and firefighting units from the town of Alto called in the Fond du Lac County Police Department’s Technology Response Group to quickly locate a lost toddler Aug. 30 using drones with thermal cameras.

(KPTV) – A US National Guard helicopter crew assisted with rescuing a hiker with a broken leg Sep. 1 from Duffy Lake in Linn County.

(Spectrum News) – Firefighters in Honolulu, Hawaii, are warning hikers around Oahu to stop installing slacklines in the mountains due to the dangers they create for helicopters conducting medical rescues and fighting fires with water buckets.

VAI members can save up to 10% on advertising in POWER UP magazine, the new brand for ROTOR magazine, and the VAI Rotor Daily e-newsletter, including display ads and sponsored content.

(CTV News) – The Delta Police Department in British Columbia, Canada, is seeking information from the public about a drone operator that illegally flew into the airspace around Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) in Richmond.