March-April 2025 Vertiflite

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The March/April 2025 issue of Vertiflite magazine is online!

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Vertiflite Jan/Feb 2025Featured In This Issue:

  • Commentary: DCA Tragedy Highlights Need for Improved Cockpit Awareness [pdf]
  • US Marine Aviation Plans Fewer F-35Bs
  • Safran DSI: A Model of Efficiency
  • Apache Modernization Pending
  • Is MOSA More Than a Buzz Word? [pdf]
  • China’s Tiltrotors
  • Manta Aircraft Sets Sights on Hybrid-Electric Future
  • Here Come the Hybrids!
  • AAM Mission to Saudia Arabia
  • TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges
  • GoAERO Awards $500,000 to Stage 1 Teams
  • eVTOL Leaders Separate from the Pack
  • Electric VTOL News
  • Electric CTOL/STOL News
  • ICAAMS-2: Another Great Success
  • Asian Australian Rotorcraft Forum 10 — Melbourne
  • Celebrating an Amazing Legacy
  • VFS Student Chapter Lifts Off at UC Davis
  • Leadership Profile: Col. Justin Highley, US Army 
  • VFS Redstone Chapter Handles Handling Qualities with Quality Meeting
  • HELMOT XX: Vertical Lift Transformation Enabling Concepts

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About Our Cover

The Boeing AH-64E V6 Apache Guardian is in production for the US Army and foreign military sales. Boeing Modernized Apache studies are considering a modular open system approach to avionics integration, augmented flight controls and advances in crewed-uncrewed teaming. See pg. 18. (Boeing photo)


Posted Feb. 26, 2025