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Time is running out—submit your nominations to VAI’s 2026 Salute to Excellence Awards by Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Learn more about the Humanitarian Service and Harold Summers Legacy Awards in this installment of a continuing series of articles about the program.

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(CTV) – The Calgary Police Service in Alberta, Canada, marked 30 years of helicopter operations and honored the memory of Rick Sonnenberg, whose Oct. 8, 1993, death inspired the Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety (HAWCS) program.

The Auckland, New Zealand–based company has promoted Katrina Amiria to general manager – supply chain. Amiria joined Salus in 2021.

(WMBB) – Florida-based air tour operator Panhandle Helicopter, which opened a flight school in 2023, is partnering with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to offer flight training that will allow students to transfer certain FAA certifications into ERAU credits.

The partnership combines audit services from ARGUS with Bluetail’s maintenance recordkeeping software for business aircraft operators.

(Breaking Defense) – Under a $44.6 million Space Force contract, Muon Space will develop three prototype satellites that will provide weather and environmental data for military and commercial aircraft operators.

The Japanese company has appointed Naomi Ishii of Suzuki Motors and Yuki Takemori of the Development Bank of China as directors.

Maria Aguirre, head of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) at Airbus Helicopters North America, talks about the irreplaceable human element in aircraft maintenance and the need for the industry to focus on training the next generation of technicians.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Archer Aviation have announced a project to develop a hospital vertiport in the United Arab Emirates capital.