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This FAA airworthiness directive, which takes effect Oct. 23, will update AD 2020-24-07. It retains the actions from the existing AD while adding a modification that constitutes terminating action for repetitive inspections. The updated AD also expands helicopter applicability, provides additional requirements for certain helicopters, and prohibits installing affected microswitches or a twist grip with an affected microswitch.

Members of the US Air Force and the Japan Self-Defense Force hosted a Sep. 5 ceremony to honor the helicopter, which the Yakota Air Base near Tokyo has operated since 1980.

The English charity received the Marketing Campaign of the Year award for “Sing it Home,” an album that reached #11 in the United Kingdom’s popular songs chart, at a Third Sector Awards event Sep. 12 in London.

The RTX subsidiary will provide its Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management platform for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The manufacturer has released footage from a 480B demo flight with chief pilot Cody Parkovich and an aviation journalist.

(PRWeb) – The Caldwell County Commissioners Court has approved an extension through September 2026 with PHI Cares, a division of PHI Air Medical.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to avoid power lines during an aerial application flight.

The FAA is inviting state, local, and territorial governments, in partnership with electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and advanced air mobility (AAM) companies, to submit proposals for the eVTOL and AAM Integration Pilot Program by Dec. 11, 2025.

(CNN) – US soldiers trained with small quadcopters last month in Texas as part of an effort to quickly advance the use of military drones, as the Russian war in Ukraine has spurred a flurry of evolution in drone warfare.

The report notes that 35 military personnel and civilians have died in mishaps involving the V-22 tiltrotor since 2007 as the US Department of Defense prepares for production of the model to end in 2028. Plans call for the MV-75, or Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, to replace the V-22 in US military service.