Rotor


Technologies VP of Partnerships Nik Coates (right) talks with an attendee about the company’s unmanned R44 platform.


continues to encounter challenges with machin- ing vendors. Rolls-Royce, meanwhile, contends with operational impacts due to financial hardship and staffing resources throughout the supply chain. Nonetheless, Rolls-Royce Helicopter Program Senior VP Scott Cunningham expects to increase deliveries by 50% in 2025. At Bell, Chief Commercial Officer Danny


Maldonado echoes that increased sales are driv- ing up pressure on supply chains. Raw materials and castings are Bell’s biggest challenges in this area. “You can go to multiple vendors for a part,


but if they’re all going to the same places for raw material, that complicates things,” he notes. Another issue complicating the supply-chain


recovery at press time in early June was the Trump administration’s tariff policies, which have roiled the global economy. Whether or not the US government achieves its trade goals, the general consensus is that decades of globalization have come to a halt and it will take some time for the global economy to find a new equilibrium. While OEMs are watching the situation closely,


there continues to be uncertainty. It takes months to pivot with each new tariff change, and tariff changes have been coming as frequently as just weeks apart.


Future of Vertical Flight At HAI HELI-EXPO 2024, VAI announced its name change from Helicopter Association International (HAI) and rebranded its annual trade show to VERTICON. The move was intended to address the increasingly diversified vertical aviation fleet, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft, such as electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. VERTICON 2025 attendees could find each category represented at this year’s show. California-based AAM company Joby Aviation


made its VERTICON debut with a mock-up of its six–electric motor aircraft, which the company says is entering the final stages of FAA certifica- tion. Joby recently received an additional $500 million investment from backer Toyota Motor Corp. and continues to build service partnerships, including a recent agreement to launch air taxi services in the United Arab Emirates by early 2026. On the heels of permission to operate its


Sprayhawk UAV commercially in Brazil, Rotor Technologies displayed its remotely oper- ated R44-based aircraft, promoting both the Sprayhawk—aimed at the agricultural industry— and its Airtruck heavy-lift UAV platform.


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