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Recognizing leaders in safety, service, and operational performance. Alexandria, Virginia, USA (Feb. 10, 2026) – Vertical Aviation International (VAI) has selected the 2026 recipients of its Salute to Excellence Awards, an annual recognition of high performance in vertical aviation. The awards spotlight the people and teams whose daily work sets benchmarks for safe, professional operations […]

(Business Wire) – The Brazos Safety Systems flight data monitoring (FDM) analytics program will work within the FlyGarmin ecosystem under the new partnership.

The company will become an industrial partner of the Technical University of Munich Security and Defense Alliance and strengthen its collaboration with the university’s Venture Lab Aerospace/Defense.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Mar. 26 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25 – Equipment/Furnishings – Personal Locator Beacons Installed on Emergency Life-Rafts – Operational Check.

Bell Textron will provide two more Bell 429s for air medical operations to Nakanihon Air Co., an authorized Bell customer service facility since 1994.

The California-based company has secured more than US$300 million through a Series C investment led by Autopilot Ventures to support FAA certification and expand its SkyOS operating system to additional aircraft.

The company has appointed Keith Ray to the role. Ray was previously senior director of sales–helicopters at BLR Aerospace.

We are asking VAI members to prepare to resubmit VAI’s comments on electronic conspicuity devices related to the FAA’s proposed Part 108 rules for beyond visual line of sight drone operations by Wednesday, Feb. 11.

There’s rarely one “correct” answer in aviation, but there’s always a responsible one. In our next VAI Webinar on Tuesday, utility and helicopter air ambulance pilot Jessica Meiris will lead participants in exploring how sound aeronautical decision-making (ADM) yields the best decisions.

The OEM worked with the country’s Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) during January to evaluate HTeaming using an Airbus Flexrotor unmanned aircraft system and a Singapore Air Force H225M helicopter.