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VAI has partnered with six safety management system (SMS) industry leaders to provide substantial savings for operators that don’t already have an SMS in place.

VAI Ambassador Jessica Meiris, an FAA Safety Team representative and member of the US Helicopter Safety Team, provides best practices for operating around helicopters as part of the Rotorcraft Collective series.

Maverick’s fleet of 49 Airbus H130 and Sikorsky S-76 helicopters is now part of Airble’s network of VIP charter offerings across the Western United States.

The FAA is accepting comments on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD) through Oct. 6. It would supersede AD 2021-20-16, issued Oct. 18, 2021. The proposed AD would retain the existing inspection while adding a requirement to replace the upper-fin assembly with a modified assembly.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $43 million US Army contract to modernize the UH-60 Black Hawk, including upgrading the airframe, adding a digital backbone for unmanned aircraft system integration, and using model-based systems engineering to increase performance and reduce costs.

The company has raised $24 million from the Friedkin Group with support from Alaska Airlines and other companies. Loft Dynamics will use the funding for its helicopter simulator business and to expand into commercial airline training.

Reiser Simulation and Training has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) qualification to incorporate Helionix V10 avionics into its H145 D3 simulator.

(Vertical magazine) – The association’s newly appointed leader says it is important that VAI is perceived as a “365-day-a-year value engine for our members.”

The 101st Airborne Division used Recoil’s Expeditionary Fuel Tank during a refueling exercise in the southern United States.

Crew members from the Air Methods subsidiary met with Jason Fisher, whose life they saved following an accident in 2022, during an event honoring World Helicopter Day on Aug. 17 in Hagerstown, Maryland.