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Airbus Helicopters and Babcock International Group have secured a 10-year contract to provide maintenance and support for 46 H145s in operation with the French Sécurité Civile and Gendarmerie.

The FAA approval of the crash-resistant fuel system (CRFS) allows Enstrom to resume sales of newly produced 480Bs in the United States.

The agreement marks the first time Archer Aviation will supply its electric power-train technology to a third-party organization. Anduril and EDGE plan to use the technology on their Omen autonomous air vehicle system.

The Royal Oman Air Force has selected Trakka Systems to provide a suite of airborne surveillance and combat search-and-rescue systems for its fleet of new Bell 429s.

The Swedish company has achieved its goal of ensuring that 100% of the parts it recovers from helicopters are recycled or reused.

PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company, has obtained a contract to supply two Sikorsky S-70 Firehawks to the Czech Republic government for firefighting operations across Europe supported by the European Commission’s rescEU program.

The German Federal Aviation Office has prequalified the new Airbus H145 D3 simulator, which combines a full-scale haptic cockpit with two XR crew stations to enable coordinated pilot/copilot training.

The helicopter dealership completed a type certificate revision and a supplemental type certificate validation with Airbus and the India Directorate General of Civil Aviation for the H135 T3, including a VIP interior, in six weeks—a process that typically takes four months.

The company has integrated an enhanced search-and-rescue (SAR) location feature and standalone public warning system into its ARTEMIS mobile phone detection and location system.