USAIG (United States Aviation Insurance Group), an aviation-specific insurance provider, adds support for ORRA participation (Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation) to its portfolio of safety-enhancing services available to eligible policyholders through its Performance Vector program. Performance Vector is available to most USAIG policyholders that insure a turbine-powered aircraft or place multiple policies with USAIG.* Each eligible policy can select and receive one program option annually as a policy benefit to enhance organizational loss control and safety efforts.

The Miami-Dade Police Department places an order for four new Airbus H125 helicopters. These additions will enhance the department’s aerial capabilities, further strengthening its commitment to public safety and operational efficiency.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces at APSCON 2024 that the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has signed a purchase agreement for a Subaru Bell 412EPX to advance its firefighting and rescue operations.

The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”) announces that it has signed a sale and leaseback agreement for one super-medium Airbus H175 helicopter with commercial helicopter operator PHI Aviation (“PHI”). The H175 helicopter, known for its long range, advanced avionics, and high payload capacity, was recently delivered to PHI and will fly offshore energy missions for its operations in Australia.

The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a provider of helicopter leasing, together with Australian firefighting equipment designer and manufacturer, Helitak Firefighting Equipment Pty Ltd (“Helitak”), announces that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified the FT5000 fire tank and granted a supplemental type certificate for the Sikorsky S-92A helicopter. The industry-first firefighting platform combines unique capabilities of the S-92A with Helitak’s lightweight, carbon-fiber FT5000 system, including a retractable belly-mounted fire suppression tank with a 5,000-liter (1,320 US gallons) capacity.

GPMS International announces that Foresight MX, its aerial firefighting HUMS solution, has been selected by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) to equip their new Black Hawks. With Foresight MX’s all-in-one solution, the NSW RFS Black Hawks benefit from predictive aircraft and engine health monitoring, flight data monitoring (FDM), exceedance monitoring, and integrated rotor track and balance.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) welcomes Textron eAviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, as the latest original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to join NBAA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Roundtable.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces the delivery of two Bell 407GXis to the Louisiana State Police at APSCON 2024, bringing its total number of Bell aircraft to nine.

Vertical Aviation International (VAI) and the general-aviation industry commend the recent decision by the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, to overturn a section of Hawaii Act 311 that imposed reporting requirements on air-tour operators in that state. The decision reaffirms the doctrine of preemption, which reserves certain functions, including oversight of aviation, to the federal government.

A business-aviation coalition calls on the Biden administration to follow the approach the government uses for existing biofuel programs when it develops rules to quantify and verify greenhouse gas emissions from various feedstocks for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Those rules will determine the level of Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives available to SAF producers.