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The Recoil Aerospace Tsunami Internal aerial fire suppression system helped Montana-based UH-60 Black Hawk operator Central Copters battle wildfires during August in Colorado and California.

The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) has released its monthly safety report for August. The report covers various metrics, including average accident rates and average fatal-accident rates for the past five years.

The FAA has issued Level 7 qualification for Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training’s Veris virtual reality flight simulator.

The company has reached agreements with Pen Aviation and Pahang Aerospace City Development to support the development of the advanced air mobility ecosystem in the country.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has reached an agreement with the Panama City Beach, Florida–based academy to expand aviation career pathway and online training programs.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame will enshrine the founder of Robinson Helicopter Co., who passed away in 2022, at a ceremony Sep. 19 in Wichita, Kansas.

Members can receive a significant discount on mentoring, coaching, and management associated with the FAA’s Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) through VAI’s partnership with the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

This FAA airworthiness directive, which takes effect Oct. 23, will update AD 2020-24-07. It retains the actions from the existing AD while adding a modification that constitutes terminating action for repetitive inspections. The updated AD also expands helicopter applicability, provides additional requirements for certain helicopters, and prohibits installing affected microswitches or a twist grip with an affected microswitch.

The RTX subsidiary will provide its Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management platform for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The FAA is inviting state, local, and territorial governments, in partnership with electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and advanced air mobility (AAM) companies, to submit proposals for the eVTOL and AAM Integration Pilot Program by Dec. 11, 2025.