As consumers everywhere look forward to 5G service for its blazing fast streaming and surfing capabilities, the aviation industry is keeping a wary eye on how the technology will affect critical safety equipment.

Over 300 aerial firefighters and those who work with the sector attended the Aerial Firefighting North America 2022 conference, with collaboration the key theme as many now face a year-round fire season.

Fully electric aircraft won’t be able to compete with today’s helicopters on performance anytime soon, but hybrid-electric rotorcraft could offer gains in both performance and safety.

MD Helicopters appears to have finally found a buyer, with a creditor consortium led by Bardin Hill and MBIA Insurance set to purchase the company’s assets and promising to “provide new capital to strengthen MD’s financial position.”

Elilombarda has won a contract to supply two Leonardo AW109 Trekkers to ENI, the Italian multinational oil-and-gas company, to support oil rigs in the Adriatic and Sicilian seas.

An instructor tells us what it’s like to teach would-be pilots for a living.

After a multi-year hiatus, a Bell AH-1 Cobra has been restored to Red Bull’s helicopter collection. We paid a visit to the Flying Bulls in Austria to check it out.

As fire seasons lengthen, aerial firefighting operators are being stretched thin and burdened by new regulations.

Genesys Aerosystems plans to take retired military Black Hawks into the 21st Century with its HeliSAS autopilot and updated avionics suite. We joined them in Nashville, Tennesee, for a flight evaluation.