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Airbus Helicopters will provide a half dozen H175s to SKYCO International Financial Leasing for emergency management and public service operations in Guangdong, China.

In honor of National Hire a Veteran Day on Friday, Jul. 25, the company is recognizing US Army veteran James Schmittle, a pilot for Mercy Air in Barstow, California.

The company has achieved AS9100D certification as well as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification.

The company has appointed Jason Hays as sales and technical support manager for the two Rolls-Royce engine programs.

CNC Technologies has delivered the first two of four fully equipped Airbus H125 helicopters to the Miami-Dade (Florida) Sheriff’s Office. The aircraft feature advanced mission systems for enhanced law enforcement operations.

The FAA has approved Continental Aerospace Technologies’ global alternative method of compliance (AMOC) for Airworthiness Directive 2023-09-09, allowing alternate inspection and service limits for a specific V-band coupling installed on certain engines. The AMOC is effective through Apr. 15, 2026.

Bell Textron announced Jul. 17 during APSCON 2025 that the Columbus (Ohio) Department of Public Safety has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505s.

Garmin announced Jul. 16 its new distance measuring equipment products, the GDM 4500 and GDM 450R. The digital, state-of-the-art, remote-mount radios are designed to provide slant-distance information on select Garmin flight decks and displays.

Can a relatively niche OEM such as Enstrom continue to make an industry-wide impact? Operator Jason Cutter, owner of Venture Helicopters, argues that it can.

The US Department of Commerce has issued a request for public comments related to a Section 232 national security investigation into imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their parts and components. VAI will share its draft response with members in the coming weeks. At that time, VAI will encourage members to submit their responses, using VAI’s response as a template and adding any unique details they wish to provide.