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(Axios) – The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $20 million to Beta Technologies to install electric-aircraft chargers at 22 sites across the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.

Robinson Helicopter Co. has appointed Randall Schaffer as VP of customer success. His previous experience includes working for MD Helicopters and Parker Aerospace.

Goiânia, Goiás–based All Motors Brazil will use the customized Bell 505 for corporate and VIP transportation.

As part of an effort to emphasize safety around hospital helipads and landing sites, SKYbrary is highlighting a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report of an accident from Mar. 4, 2022. One person died as a result of a downwash incident during the landing of a search-and-rescue Sikorsky S-92A at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, England.

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance has appointed Bill Long, a former Royal Navy and police helicopter pilot who also worked for Airbus Helicopters, as its new aviation director.

(MLive.com) – Starting Sep. 9, helicopter crews from Novi-based ITC will conduct aerial inspections of high-voltage transmission lines and structures across the state. The inspections are scheduled to run through October.

(WSB-TV) – A Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) helicopter crew rescued an injured hiker Sep. 1 near Panther Creek Falls in Habersham County.

(Zag Daily) – The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Institute has identified public safety as the most beneficial use case for AAM operations in a report on survey data collected from 48 countries.

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany–based SPAES has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for an additional handle for a life raft on an Airbus H155 in operation with NHC Northern Helicopter.

Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) has obtained a contract to provide communications system upgrades for the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency fleet of Bell 412s.