Articles for category HeliNews Headlines
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Oct
26
2026
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ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2026, AT 1235 CDT, A ROBINSON R-44 HELICOPTER BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO A CORPORATION, STRUCK A WIRE ON A PRIVATE RANCH WHILE HUNTING. THE HELICOPTER LANDED, AND THEN DEPARTED DUE TO A BRUSH FIRE IGNITED BY THE BROKEN POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES, AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON ITS TRAILER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN AIR TOUR FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUNTING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.
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OZONA
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The Lumberjack UAS flew with SandboxAQ’s AQNav magnetic navigation system during a GPS-denied flight
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Oct
28
2026
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. and EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SNC, the global aerospace and national security company, has selected Skyryse, developer of SkyOS™, the world's first universal operating system for flight, as a collaborator in its work to bring advanced flight automation and autonomous capabilities to existing aircraft fleets, with an initial focus on defense platforms.
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The UK’s Conservative Party has proposed a £10 billion air defence programme that aims to enhance
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HeliNews Headlines
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Nov
02
2026
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy celebrated another major milestone in the Trump Administration’s landmark Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) after Florida completed its first demonstration flights. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) conducted the flights – which are a recreation of the world's first scheduled passenger airline service in 1914 – with Joby and BETA Technologies to test cargo deliveries and routes over the Tampa Bay area. Florida is the seventh location to launch under the initiative, marking the latest milestone in the Department’s work to implement President Trump’s Unleashing Drone Dominance Executive Order.
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The test validated hardware and software in the carrier-based MD-5C Ground Control Station, marking
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Subject to Congressional approval, the framework gives long-term certainty to the industry, helping
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Textron Aviation announced on Oct. 15 that it has received FAA certification of Gogo Galileo HDX for
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Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE) is considering steep landing-fee increases ahead of its 2027
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HeliNews Headlines
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Oct
13
2026
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WILMINGTON, Mass., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robinson Unmanned today announced that Ascent AeroSystems, the company’s contracting entity for U.S. defense programs, has received a firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales contract to provide its NDAA-compliant, Blue UAS Cleared SPIRIT™ small unmanned aircraft system, payloads, training and support to the Nepali Army.
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