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The FAA is accepting comments through Feb. 23 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness, as well as the existing approved maintenance or inspection program.

Joby Aviation’s agreement to purchase a 700,000-sq.-ft. factory will support its goal to produce four electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft per month by 2027.

Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties program for the Class of 2026 includes six Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) students.

The logistics company managed the movement of two Airbus H145s from Switzerland to New Zealand, where the helicopters will conduct air medical and rescue operations across the Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast regions of the South Island.

The company has obtained a supplemental type certificate to install its utility basket kit on the Bell 412. Wildcat Helicopters served as the launch operator for the basket on the type.

Airwolf Aerospace has received a supplemental type certificate from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to install the lithium-ion batteries on various Airbus and Bell models, as well as the Enstrom 480B, MD 369/500, and Hiller UH-12E.

CAE will install the simulator, a fixed-base training device for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft pilots, this month at Joby’s training center in Marina, California. CAE also plans to deliver a full-motion simulator later this year.

The US Army has selected Bell Textron for the second phase of the competition to develop a next-generation military training helicopter.

A LifeFlight Australia helicopter crew from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, airlifted two people after an ultralight aircraft crash Jan. 4 near Noosa.