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The OEM highlighted 3 of its more than 200 summer interns in recognition of 2025 National Intern Day on Jul. 31.

The Texas Legislature has approved $59.8 million for the Texas A&M University System to develop a way to use pilotless Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks to help fight wildfires in the state.

(KTVU) – The two new S-70i Firehawks expand the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fleet to 16 helicopters.

VAI members receive discounts to exhibit at and attend VERTICON (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO) and other VAI events. VERTICON 2026 takes place Mar. 9–12 (exhibits open Mar. 10–12), in Atlanta, Georgia.

(KGET) – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is hosting the second day of public hearings today about its investigation into the Jan. 29 midair collision involving a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). On the first day of hearings, investigators highlighted numerous factors that may have contributed to the accident and talked about warnings the FAA received about helicopter traffic in the area years before the collision.

(KMTR) – The Eugene Water & Electric Board used helicopter crews to improve the habitat along the upper McKenzie River this week for the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.

The joint industry/government Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative has published an update about its efforts to find a safe and reliable unleaded fuel for general aviation by the end of 2030.

(Vertical magazine) – Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are making steady progress toward certification, explained leaders from AIR, Horizon Aircraft, Wisk Aero, and other eVTOL companies at last week’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Electric Aircraft Symposium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Brake Pedal Assembly – Inspection, takes effect Aug. 6.