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Boeing is offering the Block II variant of its CH-47F Chinook to conduct heavy-lift transport services for the Polish Armed Forces.

Hensoldt has conducted flight tests of a new interference-resistant radar system for uncontrolled airspace at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Robinson has obtained FAA approval to double the service life on more than a dozen R66 helicopter components from 2,000 to 4,000 hours.

(WISN) – Law enforcement and firefighting units from the town of Alto called in the Fond du Lac County Police Department’s Technology Response Group to quickly locate a lost toddler Aug. 30 using drones with thermal cameras.

(KPTV) – A US National Guard helicopter crew assisted with rescuing a hiker with a broken leg Sep. 1 from Duffy Lake in Linn County.

(Spectrum News) – Firefighters in Honolulu, Hawaii, are warning hikers around Oahu to stop installing slacklines in the mountains due to the dangers they create for helicopters conducting medical rescues and fighting fires with water buckets.

VAI members can save up to 10% on advertising in POWER UP magazine, the new brand for ROTOR magazine, and the VAI Rotor Daily e-newsletter, including display ads and sponsored content.

(CTV News) – The Delta Police Department in British Columbia, Canada, is seeking information from the public about a drone operator that illegally flew into the airspace around Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) in Richmond.

(Business Air News) – Leonardo has appointed AW139 operator Petroleum Air Services as an authorized service center for maintenance of its commercial helicopters in Egypt.

(KEZI) – Local police in Oregon are investigating an incident in which a private drone compromised an air medical helicopter’s ability to respond quickly to a car accident.