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(Defense Post) – Kongsberg has received a contract to upgrade the Norwegian Armed Forces fleet of 18 Bell 412s with new communications and navigation equipment.

(Defense Post) – Teledyne FLIR has obtained a $20.8 million contract to provide airborne surveillance cameras for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Mitsubishi SH-60L helicopters.

(Patch) – Helicopter crews from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and REACH Air Medical Services worked with the Novato Fire Department to hoist an injured mountain biker Sep. 8 from a trail near Marinwood.

(Keys Weekly) – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helicopter pilot hovered in front of a boat speeding toward an area with hundreds of swimmers participating in a charity event Sep. 7 near Islamorada.

(Military & Aerospace Electronics) – The US Army is ordering more HH-60Ms and avionics equipment from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. The HH-60M is a variant of the UH-60 with a medical evacuation package.

Research has shown that pilots often fail to recognize and recover from spatial disorientation (SD), in part because of the confusing sensory signals the deadly phenomenon causes. In this month’s Spotlight on Safety, Tyson Phillps, cofounder of aviation training company AT Systems, explains SD and how pilots can train to avoid and overcome it.

Wilmington, Massachusetts–based Ascent Aerosystems is displaying its unmanned aerial vehicle drone systems at this week’s Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition in Melbourne, Victoria.

Robinson subsidiary Ascent Aerosystems has appointed Amy Romano as VP of marketing and communications, Dean Attridge as director of business development, and Sharon Hamilton as director of quality and compliance.

Oct. 2–4, 2024, Houston, Texas

(Aviation Week) – Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of its Ares tilt-duct vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) demonstrator.