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Never before have so many companies participated in the French Pavilion at an air show outside France,” says the Paris-based aerospace association GIFAS. “This year, France is the feature country.”

Singapore is committed to procuring F-35 fighters, but despite a long and deep involvement in the multinational program, it has yet to confirm an order.

At China’s biggest military parade of recent times last Sept. 3, marking the end of World War II, Chinese President and PLA leader Xi Jinping announced that the PLA will shed 300,000 troops, signaling the start of a long-awaited structural reform of the world’s largest armed force.

Military aircraft at this year’s Singapore Airshow are likely to draw big crowds, with some very popular examples available on static display.

Since the last edition of the Singapore Airshow, there is arguably no nation in the region whose defense industry has seen as much significant change as Japan.

GKN Aerospace’s showcase at the convention has had to squeeze a bit more in lately, following the company’s acquisition of Fokker Technologies on Oct. 29.

Winglet Technology has received FAA approval of its supplemental type certificate (STC) for upgrades to its winglet-equipped Citation X.

JetFuelX’s free information technology fuel management tool for turbine aircraft owners and corporate flight departments is gaining widespread acceptance, having signed up its 2,000 th aircraft this fall.

Jet Aviation St. Louis comes to NBAA 2015 with an agreement to certify and install the SmartSky 4G LTE-based Internet system on a Global Express platform.

Million Air has joined forces with Capital Jet Company and Epic Aviation in Beijing to operate CJET/Million Air, “the first and only premium FBO facility at Beijing Capital International Airport.”

XTI has already notched some $14.5 million in crowdfund interest in the new aircraft.

Evaluating the completion and refurbishment industry, Greenpoint Technologies sees "positive signs" with outfitted BBJ747-8s already being delivered to customers, and deliveries of completed BBJ787s expected to begin as early as next year.

Bombardier has launched Smart Link data-connectivity service, which is being rolled out for Learjet, Challenger and Global business aircraft.

The coming decade will see world demand for 9,100 business jets worth $259 billion, Embraer Executive Jets predicts.

BendixKing, a division of Honeywell Aerospace, and Sabreliner Aviation (Booth C14041) have announced their joint development of the AeroVue integrated fight deck for selected Cessna Citation and Beechcraft King Air models.

Astronics AeroSat has introduced its “future-pross” AeroShield brand low drag radome and composite adapter plate technology combination.

Las Vegas offers many thrills for convention-goers, some of which may arouse the suspicions of wives left at home this week.

Powered by a single, avgas-burning Continental IO-550N engine, rated at 310 hp, the Cirrus SR22 can cruise at 180 kt. and has a seats-full range of 1,100 nm.

Rockwell Collins has received an FAA STC for its Future Airspace Navigation Systems (FANS) 1/A upgrade for Bombardier Challenger 604s equipped with Pro Line 4 avionics.

Daher has pitched up at Vegas with an initiative to boost further its appeal to the North American charter market.

If Airbus Helicopters proceeds much further with its line of ever-more-luxurious choppers, it will soon be fitting rotor blades to a feather bed.

Germany’s Hahn Air is taking delivery this week of a new Cessna Citation Sovereign twinjet, supplementing two CJ4s approved by IATA for scheduled airline service earlier this year.

Have you seen the light, brother? It’s at Booth N5317, where Aircelle is demonstrating airplane decals with a difference – they light up.

Sabreliner parent Innova Aerospace is promoting retrofit and life-extension work via more than half a dozen different company entities.

Embraer trumpeted two new speed records for its Honeywell HTF7500E-powered Legacy 500 twinjet at NBAA, bringing the total this year to six.