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The deadline for submissions to the 2026 VAI scholarship program is two weeks away. Discover how VAI scholarship recipients have turned opportunity into achievement—and how you can do the same—in this exclusive VAI Daily series.

Five Air Methods employees received 2025 Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) Community awards and eight received “40 Under 40: Rising Leaders in Medical Transport” awards during this week’s Air Medical Transport Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.

The operators joined representatives from Airbus at this week’s Air Medical Transport Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, to cut the ribbon on a new H145 D3 that will join ChristianaCare’s air medical fleet.

A US soldier executed autonomous missions with a Sikorsky optionally piloted Black Hawk using MATRIX technology for the first time earlier this year during an exercise in Michigan. Sikorsky is a Lockheed Martin company.

VAI members receive discounts to attend and exhibit at VERTICON® (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO) and other VAI events. VERTICON 2026 takes place Mar. 9–12 (exhibits open Mar. 10–12) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Vertical Aviation International welcomes François Lassale as its new president and CEO. Discover his vision for advancing safety, sustainability, and innovation across the vertical aviation industry.

The OEM has appointed Danny Maldonado as president and CEO of its Bell segment, effective Jan. 4, 2026. He will succeed Lisa Atherton, who is becoming president and CEO of Textron. Maldonado is currently Bell’s chief commercial officer.

The Madrid, Spain–based company plans to deliver the new H135 Level 3 flight training device to the Royal Thai Air Force in early 2026.

Helicopter Institute is expanding its agreement with Robinson to introduce the TH-66 Sage training platform into the US Navy Contractor Operated Pilot Training–Rotary program.