Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) announces that partner SKYTRAC is providing Iridium® satellite connectivity to a Sikorsky S-92®, which will be used for search and rescue off the shores of Guyana. SKYTRAC will enable truly global, weather-resilient, reliable connectivity for the helicopter with its ISAT-200A solution as well as BIue Sky Network’s Iridium Certus Connected® SkyLink 7100.

LYTE Aviation, the world’s newest advanced air-mobility innovator addressing advanced urban mobility and connectivity, reveals its 40-seat (hybrid) eVTOL SkyBus and SkyTruck program. LYTE Aviation’s LA-44 design is powered by four conventional turbine engines running on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) complemented with four electric motors at the wingtips powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The SkyBus and complementary SkyTruck cargo variant, designed around a 4.5 tonne payload, is the accumulation of three years’ R&D. The result is a game-changing vertical take-off and landing vehicle designed to be five times more fuel-efficient than current helicopters.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announces the purchase agreement for a Bell 407GXi aircraft to St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJSO). The Bell 407GXi aircraft will join the Aviation Operations Unit to serve the citizens of St. Augustine, FL, and surrounding counties.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company and manufacturer of helicopters and vertical lift aircraft, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Rotortrade, a global helicopter distributor, to define optimal pre-owned helicopter solutions to Bell and its customers. Through the MOU, Bell and Rotortrade will explore how the companies can offer expanded trade-in solutions to their...

Columbia Helicopters, a manufacturer and operator of heavy-lift helicopters, announces a new partnership with Coulson Aviation, a provider in aerial firefighting technology, to offer Coulson's RADS-L Delivery System for operators of Columbia's Model 234 helicopters.

Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group, Inc. (PAG), a provider of products and value-added services to the aerospace and defense industries worldwide, announces that Keystone Turbine Services (KTS), a PAG company located in Coatesville, PA, has received the prestigious Rolls-Royce 2023 Best in Class Award for the third year in a row. This award recognizes significant achievements by KTS in providing continuous world-class MRO services and support to operators of the M250 and RR300 series of gas turbine engines and related components to customers worldwide.

Heli-One, a provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, receives EASA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for its required navigation performance (RNP) approach modification for the Airbus H215 helicopter. The modification adds RNP approach capability down to localiser performance with vertical guidance (LPV) minima, which resolves future obsolescence issues for instrument landing systems (ILS) and enhances situational awareness.

Heli-One, a provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, signs a maintenance framework agreement with AAA Technology to further grow the business relationship between the two organizations. The contract encompasses a broad range of services and eliminates the complications of individual agreements.

S.A.F.E. Structure Designs announces it has delivered custom wrap-around ergonomic maintenance stands and a cowling rack set to CalFire for its Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk.