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BRANFORD CASTLE has acquired HOFFMAN ENGINEERING, CT (night vision systems) from Trident Maritime Systems.

Hannah Vincent to Director of FBO Operations of Business Jet, Dallas Love Field.

GAMA AVIATION, UK was added to Embraer's Authorized Service Center network for Phenom/Legacy line maintenance.

WHEELS UP announced plan to purchase 17 Phenom 300/300Es from Grandview Aviation, acquire Challenger 300/350s on open market and sell its 13 Citation Xs to third party, consolidating fleet types. It also contracted GOGO to supply Galileo HDX inflight Wi-Fi and secured financing commitment from BANK OF AMERICA with credit support from DELTA.

GENERAL DYNAMICS AEROSPACE earned $305m on $2.5b sales in 3Q24 vs $268m on $2b in 3Q23; book-to-bill ratio was 1.0 vs 1.4 a year ago. GULFSTREAM delivered 28 business jets in 3Q23/89 in 1Q-3Q24 vs 27 in 3Q23/72 in 1Q-3Q23.

EMPIRE AVIATION USA was certified by Permagard to install its protective coatings products on all types of aircraft.

PRINCE AVIATION, Serbia was authorized by Tamarack Aerospace as dealer for CitationJet active winglets.