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(Urban Air Mobility) – The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Institute has published the results of a survey of AAM industry representatives from 48 countries on issues including public safety, air medical transport, agricultural operations, and cargo delivery.

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The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is reminding agricultural pilots to avoid letting complacency set in—including while conducting repetitive tasks and during long stretches of intense workloads—as part of its Fly Safe campaign, which seeks to help reduce controlled-flight-into-terrain accidents, including wire strikes.

(Firehouse) – Helicopter pilots for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) have started night training as the organization prepares to add around-the-clock aircraft operations to its wildfire response arsenal.

The Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) helicopter pod will allow National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers to collect data about weather and obstacles for air taxis, drones, and other uncrewed aircraft operations.

(Newsweek) – A US Army Black Hawk crew transported a group of hikers stranded by flash flooding Aug. 22 from Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park.

The Aviation White Paper—Towards 2050, published Aug. 26, details the regulatory steps the Australian government plans to take to integrate drones and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft into the country’s airspace.

(Defense News) – The US Army is examining a new institutional training model for pilots as its helicopter fleet evolves into a network of crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

(Fox News) – A helicopter crew from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department coordinated with ground officers to apprehend a fugitive at night.