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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 26 – Fire Protection – Pyrotechnical Cartridge – Inspection, takes effect Nov. 4.

The company has appointed Betsy Casanave to the newly created role. Casanave was previously VP of business operations for Med-Trans Corp.

Victor Gerin-Roze, head of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) business for Airbus Helicopters, provides details about HTeaming, a modular system designed to give helicopter crews full control of UAS in flight.

The FAA Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard covers various metrics, including total accidents, fatal accidents, average accident rates, and average fatal-accident rates.

A 2019 fatal helicopter crash forced Safari Aviation to reevaluate nearly every aspect of its operations. J.C. Murphy, the company’s director of operations, recounts the “sobering journey” through the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation that followed the accident. Hear J.C. speak on Wed., Oct. 22, at the 2025 VAI Air Tour Safety Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The American Ambulance Association has honored 32 first responders from the company—consisting of pilots, flight paramedics, emergency medical technicians, base managers, and safety officers—including several who work for VAI member operators.

Entrol shares the story of its founding in a garage by two brothers in 2005 and interviews its chief technology officer about the future of simulation.

The OEM has secured more than 150 orders for the R88 ahead of EUROPEAN ROTORS 2025, which takes place Nov. 18–20 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The R88 made its US debut in March at VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.

The OEM has signed letters of intent with the Ukraine government to evaluate areas of cooperation, including the supply of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters under the US government’s Foreign Military Sales program.

The company will use Archer’s Midnight to develop commercial applications for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in South Korea.