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(SSB Crack News) – Images released Aug. 21 show similarities to the Sikorsky S-97 Raider, including a coaxial rotor system and tail-mounted pusher propeller.

(The Aspen Times) – The Colorado Hoist Rescue Team is busy this summer, responding to 31 requests for airlift services, compared with 19 requests last year and 16 in 2023.

Under a partnership with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, pilots from Dallas Avionics met with students last week at the Friedens Early Learning Center in Seguin.

The $720 million contract involves the production of joint air-to-ground and HELLFIRE missiles for the US Army, US Navy, and international partners.

PT Whitesky Aviation is teaming up with Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker SkyDrive to develop eVTOL operations across Indonesia.

The Florida-based company has secured a five-year contract to provide its GH-4001 electronic standby instrument system for a fleet of Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawks.

Chris Baur, VAI board member and industry chairman of the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), and Hiro Onishi, chairman of the Association for Promotion of Helicopter Industry, Japan (APHIJ), met Aug. 20 in Tokyo to discuss ways the three organizations can work together to improve helicopter safety and expand IFR infrastructure. Both leaders identified multiple areas for joint work with a shared commitment to eliminating fatal helicopter accidents, among other objectives.

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.

The FAA and US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services report includes an analysis of US aircraft bird-strike accidents from 1990 to 2024.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s decision to initiate visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.