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Mar
20
2025
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Fairfax, Virginia, March 20, 2025 — The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the 2025 individual recipients of its prestigious awards program. Since its establishment in 1944, the VFS awards program has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. The 2025 award recipients will be honored at the Grand Awards Banquet on May 22, 2025, as part of the 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display in Virginia Beach, Virginia (www.vtol.org/forum). This premier event will bring together leading experts and industry professionals to celebrate excellence in vertical flight.
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Mar
20
2025
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Melbourne, FL. – March 20, 2025-– Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of a wide range of avionics technologies for existing and future generations of light winged and vertical lift aircraft, announced that the AOPA Air Safety Institute has awarded Avidyne CEO Dan Schwinn with the Richard G. McSpadden General Aviation Safety Award.
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Mar
19
2025
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received an $80 million contract to upgrade the avionics system of U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters for the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program.
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Mar
19
2025
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Dallas, Texas (March 18, 2025) - Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced during VAI Verticon 2025 that it has completed the delivery of Global Medical Response’s first IFR-configured Bell 407GXi, marking the beginning of 24 anticipated aircraft deliveries to the air medical service operator.
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Mar
18
2025
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UAVOS announced the shipment of an Electrically Heated Composite Curing Oven to a manufacturer in the aerospace industry. The basic design of the OVEN-700-2000 has been customized to the client's requirements and has become the largest version of the UAVOS ovens the company has ever produced.
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Mar
17
2025
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Fairfax, Virginia, USA, March 14, 2025 — The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight and advanced air mobility (AAM), is holding its 4th Annual H2-Aero Symposium on April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California. This year’s event is in conjunction with the SAE International Hydrogen Airport Committee meeting on April 1, open for all. Both events will be at the Long Beach Hilton. Details can be found at www.vtol.org/h2symposium.
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Mar
17
2025
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[Dallas, Texas] [March 17, 2025] - Voxelis Canada Corporation (“Voxelis”) and Custom Helicopters Ltd. (“Custom”) announced today, that Custom will join Voxelis as a technology launch partner for their groundbreaking new system, VoxVision. This advanced system is an AI-powered vision and data collection platform designed to enhance and expand the capabilities of helicopters, leveraging the latest in onboard AI computing and deep learning technology.
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Mar
17
2025
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Dallas, Texas, USA (Mar. 13, 2025) – The world’s largest vertical aviation trade show and conference, VERTICON, concluded its 2025 edition Thursday as a resounding success. This was the first edition of VERTICON, produced by Vertical Aviation International (VAI). The association, formerly known as Helicopter Association International, had rebranded in February 2024 and announced that its annual show, HAI HELI-EXPO, would also be renamed.
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Mar
17
2025
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Boeing and Bell Textron, a Textron Inc. company, have signed a contract extension reaffirming Boeing as an authorized and endorsed supplier of used serviceable material (USM) for Bell 212 and 412 helicopters. This extension enhances parts inventory and distribution efficiency for commercial helicopter operators.
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Mar
17
2025
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Boeing and SKF Aerospace are expanding their partnership, with Boeing’s distribution business becoming an authorized distributor for SKF Aerospace bearings.
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Mar
17
2025
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Boeing and Donaldson announced the expansion of their partnership – adding rotorcraft filtration products to Boeing’s distribution catalog.
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Mar
13
2025
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Dallas, U.S., 13 March 2025 – Airbus Helicopters wraps up the 2025 edition of VERTICON with 118 commitments, including 63 firm orders, from customers worldwide for a variety of its multi-mission helicopters.
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Mar
13
2025
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Dallas, Texas, USA (Mar. 13, 2025) – Vertical Aviation International (VAI), the leading trade association for the vertical aviation industry, is pleased to announce the results of the first election of board members under its restructured governance framework. VAI operator members elected five of their peers to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors.
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Mar
13
2025
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 13 March 2025 - Rotortrade, the global helicopter dealership, has signed a strategic agreement with Helicopter Alliance A.S., a Czech-based aviation holding company whose member companies specialize in the modernization and operation of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Under the agreement, Rotortrade has been mandated to market and sell UH-60 Black Hawks from Helicopter Alliance’s fleet across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
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Mar
13
2025
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Dallas, 13 March 2025 - Leonardo has announced a further growth in presence of the AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter in Australia at Verticon 2025, with orders for four more aircraft by LifeFlight and joint venture partner StarFlight as they celebrate 10 years of successful cooperation with the operator since it received its first AW139 in 2015. The new helicopters will be used to carry out emergency medical service, law enforcement, oil and gas operations and search and rescue response missions in Australia, with deliveries expected to be completed in 2027. It will make the combined LifeFlight and StarFlight AW139 fleet one of the largest in Australia.
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Mar
13
2025
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DALLAS (March 13, 2025) – PHI MRO Services, a global leader in helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has been appointed as an authorized Aviation Dealer for Garmin.
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Mar
13
2025
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Rome,13 March 2025 – At Verticon 2025 (Dallas, TX, 11-13 March), a prime exhibition for the world’s rotorcraft industry and community, Leonardo announced further growth within the commercial helicopter market, with new orders for nearly 30 helicopters of various models to several operators across Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific primarily for energy support, rescue and public service duties, VIP transport operations. Combined orders for the AW109 GrandNew, AW169, AW139, and AW189 types have a total value of approximately 370 million EUR, with deliveries between 2026 and 2028. These orders add to preliminary sales contracts for 15 AW09 next-generation single-engine helicopters for European and Southeast Asian customers. Moreover, Leonardo also announced the entry into new markets, particularly supporting the energy industry and rescue missions with the AW169 and AW189 and the latest simulation technologies for pilot training, including the VxR virtual and extended reality pilot simulator.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - Leonardo’s presence in the China’s civil helicopter market grows further with new orders and deliveries for the bestselling AW139 intermediate twin engine supporting the energy industry. CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company Limited (COHC) took delivery of three more AW139 offshore helicopters between the end of 2024 and early 2025, bringing to 13 the total number of aircraft of this type in service with the operator. Founded in 1983 as the first professional helicopter operator in China, COHC became the first Chinese Main Board listed General Aviation company on Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2000 and is still the only Publicly Traded General Aviation Company in China. COHC operates more than 80 helicopters for a wide range of missions covering Offshore Transport, HEMS and Utility roles. COHC is also the exclusive helicopter operator for China’s Polar Exploratory Missions. In addition, China General Aviation Company (CGAC), a leading player in the Chinese general aviation industry and one of the three major offshore Oil&Gas operators in the country, has recently signed for three AW139s plus one option, with deliveries to their base in Tianjin and Hainan Province expected in 2026.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - Leonardo AW09 next generation single engine helicopter’s market footprint continues to expand with further demand and distributors reinforcing their commitment with new preliminary sales orders as the program development makes progress.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - Synerjet Latina SA (Synerjet), official distributor of Leonardo civil helicopters for Colombia, Peru, Chile and Paraguay since 2023, is further expanding its collaboration with Leonardo with the purchase of two AW169 light-intermediate helicopters in utility configuration with deliveries in late 2027. Moreover, the company has been appointed an official distributor for the next-generation AW09 single helicopter in the relevant markets.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, Texas (March 12, 2025) - Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today at VAI Verticon 2025 that it set a new record for aircraft orders in Latin America during FY2024, marking the largest number of Bell 429s ordered in a single year in the region. This milestone underscores the growing demand for Bell’s aerial solutions and its success in the Latin American market.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, Texas (March 12, 2025) - Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today at VAI Verticon 2025 the signed purchase agreement for two Bell 429s to Entergy Services, LLC, an integrated energy company engaged in electric power production, transmission and retail distribution operations. Entergy delivers electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 – Leonardo and Parkview Health today announced the execution of an option for a second AW169 helicopter with delivery expected in the second quarter of 2026, further strengthening the Parkview Samaritan critical care transport program after the first AW169 entered service in 2024.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - At Verticon 2025 (Dallas, TX, 11-13 March) Leonardo and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace announced the renewal of the Distributor Agreement for AW139, AW169 and AW189 helicopter sales and support & services in Japan and a commitment to procure eleven new helicopters from all types over the 2025-2027 period.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - The Leonardo AW189 super-medium helicopter’s success in Northern Europe and in the energy market continues to grow with the addition of a further two newly built units to be operated by Norwegian company Lufttransport RW AS with deliveries expected in 2026 to deliver offshore transport services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 - Leonardo’s long established regional helicopter distributor for UK and Ireland Sloane Helicopters (Sloane) announced the signing for five more AW109 GrandNew light twin engine helicopters at Verticon 2025 (Dallas, TX, 11-13 March). The delivery of these VIP-configured aircraft are expected to be carried out between the end of 2026 and first half of 2027 and add to utility configured AW109 GrandNew purchased during 2024 and planned for handover in the first half of 2026.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, 12 March 2025 — Leonardo and Mercy Flight Central today announced the signature of the first training contract for the AW119Kx IFR helicopter, utilizing Leonardo's state-of-the-art VxR simulator to enhance pilot training and operational readiness.
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Mar
12
2025
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Dallas, U.S., 12 March 2025 – GDAT, one of China’s most prominent helicopter operators, has signed an HCare In-Service contract with Airbus to cover ten H225 helicopters. The fleet of H225 helicopters will be used in multiple missions like emergency services and forest protection by governmental organisations.
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Mar
12
2025
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12 MAR 2025 – Dallas, TX – Metro Aviation is proud to be a launch customer for the highly anticipated H140, a groundbreaking aircraft in the H135 series that is poised to redefine HEMS.
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Mar
12
2025
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12 MAR 2025 – Dallas, TX – Metro Aviation is set to deliver the first EMS-configured Airbus H160 in the United States, with plans to secure a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) by the first quarter of 2026.
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