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The OEM has formed a subsidiary in Ukraine to support helicopter operations and other long-term industrial projects.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through May 15 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Upper Ball Bearing End of the Main Rotor Servo Controls – Inspection.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA – Aircraft Flight Manual – Emergency, Malfunction, and Normal Procedures – Amendment, takes effect May 1.

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has introduced maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for PT6C-67C helicopter engines at its facility in Singapore.

This FAA special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB) is being issued to alert owners, operators, and maintenance technicians of an airworthiness concern for torso restraint systems and safety belts installed in general aviation aircraft.

The acquisition expands Signia Aerospace’s portfolio of engineered aircraft systems.

Bristol, England–based Vertical has become the second company globally to complete a two-way piloted transition flight in a full-scale tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and the first to do so under civil aviation Design Organisation Approval regulatory oversight.

The FAA is removing Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2026-01-51 for Airbus H160-B helicopters after the OEM determined that the main-rotor pitch rod–end failure was due to an inadequate maintenance procedure rather than an unsafe condition and that, therefore, no AD is warranted.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Apr. 29 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 63 – Main Rotor Drive – Vertical Mount – Inspection / Replacement / Life
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This airworthiness directive (AD), which covers select Airbus AS350 helicopters, was prompted by a report of a gap between the bolted assemblies under the attachment fittings of the main gearbox (MGB) suspension bars. The AD, effective Apr. 29, requires replacing any affected front and rear attachment fittings, screws, nuts, and washers of the MGB suspension bars, and prohibits installing any affected parts unless they are new (never previously installed).