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(Airports International) – Skyports Drone Services is conducting a series of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights and deliveries to maritime vessels in the Great Lakes region of Michigan.

ANRA Technologies United Kingdom (UK) has received a grant from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to demonstrate an unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM) system in Lancashire, North West England. ANRA is leading a consortium that includes the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Manna Air Delivery, and Wing.

Founded by two members of British Columbia’s North Shore Rescue team, the human external cargo specialist expands equipment and support for rescue operators. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!

(KHOU) – The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office is leading SAREX 2025, an emergency response exercise that will involve multiple local, state, federal, and military agencies training across various sites May 20–22 in the Houston area.

(WBPF) – Okeechobee, Florida–based nonprofit group Thank You for Your Service will display a restored Bell UH-1 Huey during a Memorial Day event May 26 at Veterans Park.

(WTKR) – The James City County Police Department is partnering with Virginia Commonwealth University, Duke University, and the American Heart Association to decrease the time it takes to deliver automated defibrillators through the use of drones.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that an instructor pilot became spatially disoriented when the helicopter inadvertently entered fog during a winch training exercise, resulting in a ground proximity alert when the helicopter descended below 150 ft. asl. The captain took control of the helicopter from the instructor pilot, initiated a climb, and exited instrument meteorological conditions.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the non-certificated pilot’s failure to engage the collective friction control during an on-ground engine run, causing the helicopter to lift off unintentionally. Investigators cited the pilot’s physical and mental conditions, and the use of potentially impairing medications, as contributing factors.

(WCAU) – A medical helicopter went down May 19 into the front yard of a residence in Montgomery County. Three crew members escaped injury in the incident. Emergency responders and an official from Metro Aviation praised the pilot for directing the aircraft to an area without striking any people, homes, or vehicles on the ground.

Anduril Industries UK and Archer Aviation are adding Skyports Drone Services and AtkinsRéalis to a program that will explore potential civil and military applications for Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, including cargo and beyond visual line of sight operations.