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Airbus has published a feature about Alberta, Canada–based Slave Lake Helicopters, which has crossed a milestone of planting more than 200 million trees with the help of its fleet of Airbus H125s.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has obtained a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to install its Alias/Matrix flight autonomy system on the US Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

Lockheed Martin has received a contract to develop a third-generation radar frequency interferometer/radar warning receiver system for the US Army fleet of Apache helicopters.

Part 145 repair station offers maintenance, repairs, engineering, painting, and other services for a wide range of Airbus, Bell, Enstrom, Leonardo, MD Helicopters, and Robinson models.

Metro Aviation has appointed Brady Carpenter as its director of safety. Carpenter joined the company in 2016 as an operational control specialist before becoming a flight ops quality assurance analyst in 2017.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.A. A109 helicopters, ATA 26 – Fire Protection – Engine Fire Extinguisher Bottle Connections – Inspection, becomes effective Oct. 25, 2024.

Entrol has successfully installed a Bell 429 flight training device (FTD) Level 2 simulator for the Tunisian National Guard.

Meyer, the former CEO of ICON Aircraft, will lead Skyryse’s focus on certification, commercialization, and the second aircraft enabled with the company’s SkyOS universal flight operating system.

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As technology advances and new regulations clear a path, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are joining helicopters in a variety of operations. One area where mixed helicopter and UAS fleets are proving their compatibility is public utilities. At our Oct. 10, 2024, webinar, two managers from Pacific Gas and Electric Southern California Edison shared how their utilities are integrating UASs into their inspection programs.