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(Urban Air Mobility) – Chicago, Illinois–based eVertiSKY Corp. has agreed to purchase electric vertical takeoff and landing ecosystem provider Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52–Doors–Jettisonable Windows and Seals on the Sliding Doors and Fixed Panels–Modification, becomes effective Sep. 18, 2024.

CAE Defense & Security has received a US Navy contract to provide training devices and support for the pilots and crews that operate the Indian Navy fleet of MH-60R Seahawks.

CHC Brazil has opened its new hangar at Laélio Baptista Airport (SBMI) in Maricá. The hangar will provide services for four Petrobras Sikorsky S-92As.

(Axios) – The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $20 million to Beta Technologies to install electric-aircraft chargers at 22 sites across the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.

Robinson Helicopter Co. has appointed Randall Schaffer as VP of customer success. His previous experience includes working for MD Helicopters and Parker Aerospace.

Goiânia, Goiás–based All Motors Brazil will use the customized Bell 505 for corporate and VIP transportation.

As part of an effort to emphasize safety around hospital helipads and landing sites, SKYbrary is highlighting a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report of an accident from Mar. 4, 2022. One person died as a result of a downwash incident during the landing of a search-and-rescue Sikorsky S-92A at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, England.

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance has appointed Bill Long, a former Royal Navy and police helicopter pilot who also worked for Airbus Helicopters, as its new aviation director.

(MLive.com) – Starting Sep. 9, helicopter crews from Novi-based ITC will conduct aerial inspections of high-voltage transmission lines and structures across the state. The inspections are scheduled to run through October.