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The company has launched its MR Hoist Operator Station, which uses mixed-reality technology to create a training platform for communication between the helicopter pilot and the hoist operator.

(This Is Local London) – An HM Coastguard helicopter crew assisted the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with airlifting a group of four campers from Galloway Forest Park Apr. 5 in Dumfries and Galloway.

(AIN) – Sikorsky’s engineers are learning lessons from recent tests of an uncrewed electric, blown-wing aircraft that could lead to a new type of military drone and a larger tiltwing passenger-carrying aircraft.

(ABC News) – A Michigan State Police helicopter crew used an infrared camera to locate a missing 2-year-old Apr. 5 in Jackson County.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires removing all ballast weights from the aft-movable ballast-box assembly and prohibits the use of ballast weights within the assembly, as specified in a Transport Canada emergency AD. The FAA AD becomes effective Apr. 25, 2025.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires inspecting the slide of the control plate of the tail-rotor head assembly for any score, scratch, crack, or corrosion, removing corrosion, and replacing the tail-rotor head assembly, the slide of the control plate, or pitch-control assembly if discrepancies are found. It also requires reporting the results of the inspection. The AD, which takes effect Apr. 25, 2025, also prohibits the installation of an affected tail-rotor assembly, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The company will highlight its R&S EVSD1000 VHF/UHF navigation drone analyzer at the International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics (IFATSEA) event, which takes place Apr. 24–26 in Zurich, Switzerland.

The academy in Valencia is offering two new comprehensive Bell 429 technical training programs for maintenance technicians.

The company has reached a five-year agreement to refinance two Bell 407s to serve with a US air medical operator.