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Heli-One has welcomed the first aircraft from the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) program to its maintenance hangar in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Heli-One is a supplier to Bell Textron, which was awarded the $800 million contract in April 2022.

As part of the team working on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program’s next-gen aircraft for the US Army, Rolls-Royce will deliver a complete propulsion solution for the tiltrotor aircraft featuring two AE 1107F engines and a fully integrated system design.

Through a partnership with VAI, Purdue Global offers VAI members and employees and their families significant savings on more than 100 programs in areas including aviation, business, public safety, and others. Learn more inside!

(POWER UP magazine) – VAI President and CEO James Viola outlines some of the many ways in which the association has been representing its members’ interests in front of regulators, legislators, the courts, and other vertical aviation industry stakeholders.

(POWER UP magazine) – The start-up aims to unite the benefits of traditional helicopters and unmanned aircraft.

University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and Air Methods are opening a new helicopter base later this year in Davenport for air ambulance operator AirCare. The facility will expand lifesaving medical transport services in Iowa’s Quad Cities.

Air Methods has submitted a declaration of compliance with the FAA for a safety management system (SMS) under 14 CFR Part 5, well before the May 2027 deadline.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Nov. 13 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72 – Engine – Gas Generator High-Pressure Turbine Blades – Replacement.

Toho Air Service and Leonardo have signed a contract for the supply of an additional Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter for Tokyo AI land-shuttle services.

Vita Inclinata Technologies and its subsidiary, Air Rescue Systems (ARS), will display the Vita Rescue System and Pelican rapid extraction device at Stand #735 during EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024, which takes place Nov. 4–7 (exhibits open Nov. 5–7) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.