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The maker of the SkyOS operating system has launched Skylar, an artificial intelligence (AI) flight assistant designed to simplify aircraft communications, navigation, and operations.

The FAA and US Department of Transportation have rejected a request to extend the deadline for comments on a proposed rule involving beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations. The deadline for feedback is Monday, Oct. 6.

(AvBrief.com) – The FAA should mandate Remote ID for all drones due to the dangers they pose to helicopters operating below 400 ft., argues Raf Sierra, a CFI/CFII with more than 10,000 hours of flight instruction.

(Flying magazine) – The Virginia Department of Aviation and other state organizations and educational institutions are partnering with Future Flight Global and Universal Solutions to position the state as a center for electric aircraft, including vertical takeoff and landing air taxis and autonomous drones.

(CNN) – The Danish government has temporarily banned civil drone flights as it prepares to host a European Union meeting on defense and the war in Ukraine following a surge of suspicious drone activity at airports and military sites last week.

Transport Canada has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) for Australian company Helitak Fire Fighting Equipment to install its FT4250 fire tank on the Airbus AS332.

The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker is praising the new United Kingdom (UK) Civil Aviation Administration roadmap that lays out a regulatory framework for commercial eVTOL operations by 2028.

The FAA is accepting comments until Nov. 10 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revisions to the existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate the airworthiness limitations section of the existing approved aircraft maintenance program, as applicable.

(Mirage) – The museum in Canberra will display a retired Australian Army Sikorsky S-70A-9 Black Hawk with more than 30 years of service at its Anzac Atrium, which will open in December.