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(GlobeNewswire) – Horizon Aircraft has completed a full transition from vertical takeoff to forward flight modes for its prototype hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Next week’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) 81st Annual Forum & Technology Display will focus on the future of vertical aviation. The event takes place May 20–22 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

(NBC News) – A hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers that hasn’t worked for more than three years may have contributed to a near-miss after the US Army resumed flying helicopters around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) for the first time since a midair collision between a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter in January, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said at a May 14 hearing.

(Northern News Now) – A Minnesota National Guard Boeing CH-47 Chinook and three Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks are helping firefighters on the ground contain wildfires north of Duluth.

(WCCB) – The delivery company is partnering with Alphabet subsidiary Wing Aero to launch a new drone package-delivery service in Charlotte starting with neighborhoods near the Arboretum Shopping Center.

(Outside) – An Airbus AS350 B3e pilot airlifted a sick climber from a 24,000-ft. base camp May 14 on Mount Everest in Nepal.

(GlobeNewswire) – Regent Craft has obtained an order for 20 additional Viceroy electric seagliders from Florida-based UrbanLink.

(US Air Force) – The US Senate confirmed the aircraft engineer and former Boeing KC-135 navigator and instructor for the position on May 13.

The Reston, Virginia–based company has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification as a U-space service provider.

The companies have introduced the AerialOGI-N optical gas camera to assist with inspections for greenhouse gases. The camera is available for installation on seven different industrial drone types.