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McDermott Aviation to roll out manufacturer program for 214ST 9 March 2026: McDermott Aviation will use Verticon 2026 in Atlanta to begin introducing the global aviation industry to its next major strategic move – the rollout of a manufacturer-backed program for the McDermott 214ST helicopter platform. Already recognised as the world’s largest operator of the Bell […]

Helicopter Express upgrades to GPMS Foresight MX HUMS Leading USFS Firefighting Operator Selects GPMS Foresight MX to Unify Bell 429 and Bell 412EPX HUMS-Enabled Fleet on a Single Advanced Platform March 9, 2026 — GPMS International, Inc., the industry leader in helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS), today announced that Helicopter Express has become the first operator […]

The VERTICON 2026 Liftoff and VAI Annual Membership Meeting and Breakfast starts at 7:45 am eastern (UTC-4) tomorrow, Tuesday, Mar. 10, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. During the meeting, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and European Union Aviation Safety Agency Executive Director Florian Guillermet will discuss key challenges and opportunities facing vertical aviation in a fireside chat with VAI President and CEO François Lassale. All VAI members and VERTICON attendees are invited to attend.

Airbus ACH140 secures launch operators in US, Brazil, Europe Atlanta, U.S., 9 March 2026 – Airbus’ ACH140 makes its debut at Verticon 2026 with a mock-up of its brand new cabin interior. The Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) Line collection showcases the brand new design philosophy defined by a dynamic and sophisticated aesthetic, establishing a singular style […]

This FAA emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requires revising the limitations section of the existing rotorcraft flight manual to prohibit the use of the ballast weights within the aft-movable ballast-box assembly.

Registrations for this year’s Mil2Civ Workshop and Industry Career Fair are more than double compared with recent years. Both events to fill the vertical aviation industry’s workforce pipeline will take place at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, this week.

This essay by Matt Zuccaro, then–president and CEO of Helicopter Association International, originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of ROTOR magazine. In conjunction with the “It’s OK to Stay” safety initiative, VAI is sharing Zuccaro’s evergreen message that safety in the vertical aviation industry is incompatible with accepting every flight.