Public Service Florida Keys Orders Two More H125s to Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Brings State Fleet to 10 Florida Keys’ Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters, bringing the state's total mosquito-fighting helicopter fleet to 10. The Keys’ Mosquito Control…
Commercial How Uber Plans to Make Money From Urban Air Mobility With the goal of pioneering a potential $500 billion new industry and an aggressive timetable, Uber wants to know how it can make money. That's…
Commercial EXCLUSIVE: How Pipistrel's 801 Aims to Leave the Competition in its Wake Where most eVTOL vehicles are designed top out in the 140-150 mph range, Pipstrel's 801 aircraft concept will fly at better than 200 miles per…
Military Croatia To Use Camcopter S-100 for Coast Guard Functions Beginning this summer, Croatia’s maritime safety directorate will deploy an unmanned Schiebel Camcopter S-100 for Coast Guard functions, according to a mobilization request the country…
Military New Rule Allows Military Aircraft to Turn Off ADS-B Transmissions U.S. federal, state and local government aircraft performing sensitive operations are now permitted to fly with their installed automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) position reporting…
Commercial Ampaire’s Bet on the Hybrid-Electric Near-Future With companies pouring hundreds of millions into years-long electric aviation development programs, Ampaire believes its step-by-step hybrid-electric approach will address both high operating costs and…
Military Air Force Pilots Conduct First Flight of New Combat Rescue Helicopter Air Force pilots conducted their first flight of the Sikorsky HH-60W, slated to be the service’s new combat rescue helicopter to replace the aging HH-60G…
Commercial Virtual Reality Could Cut Maintenance Training Time 75 Percent Avia Solutions subsidiary FL Technics is using virtual reality to train aviation mechanics in less than a fourth of the time it take with conventional…
Commercial LCI Secures $135 Million Asset-Backed Financing for New Helicopter Facility Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of privately-held Libra Group, has successfully secured more than $135 million in asset-backed financing for a new helicopter…
Commercial Two H125 Crash-Resistant Fuel Systems Delivered to Oklahoma City Police Department StandardAero and Robertson Fuel Systems have delivered two AS350/EC130 crash-resistant fuel systems (CRFS) to be installed on Airbus H125s flown by the Oklahoma City Police…
Commercial Russian Helicopters Looks for Early Stage Urban Air Mobility Projects Russian Helicopters wants to get in on the urban air mobility game by inviting entrepreneurs to submit projects to a competition later this summer. The…