Alenia Aermacchi's upgraded turboprop – the SF-260TP primary and basic trainer- now equipped with a glass cockpit, an enhanced multi-spectral vision system and an upgraded air conditioning system has completed its first flight in Venegono, Italy.

Alenia Aermacchi's upgraded turboprop – the SF-260TP primary and basic trainer- now equipped with a glass cockpit, an enhanced multi-spectral vision system and an upgraded air conditioning system has completed its first flight in Venegono, Italy.

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), manufacture of moulded elastomer seals, has appointed a new distribution manager for its EMEA sales territories.

CAE's training centre in Dubai joins its sister-facilities in Bordeaux, France; Little Rock, Dallas and Morristown, USA; and Burgess Hill, UK; in celebrating the award of a Falcon Training Policy Manual (FTPM) certificate, which validates that CAE is delivering superior quality training services for Falcon pilots and maintenance personnel.

Saudi Arabian Airlines has signed a contract with Alubat Middle East FZCO to design, fabricate and install six sophisticated Cabin Service Trainers (CSTs) at their new In-flight Service Training Centre currently under construction in Jeddah, it was announced at the AIME/MRO Middle East event today.

Northrop Grumman and Abu Dhabi's Higher College of Technology have launched the 2013 Innovation Challenge unmanned aircraft competition.

Former Hawker Beechcraft senior executive for the Middle East, Africa and Europe, Sean McGeough, has been appointed president of Nextant Aerospace the , maker of the Nextant 400XT, the world's only remanufactured business jet.

Former Hawker Beechcraft senior executive for the Middle East, Africa and Europe Sean McGeough has been appointed president of Nextant Aerospace the , maker of the Nextant 400XT, the world's only remanufactured business jet.