The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for the Gogo Avance 15 connectivity system upgrade for the Cessna Citation X, Citation Sovereign and Citation Latitude business jets.

By Molly McMillin
Embaer has selected Inflite, The Jet Center’s London Stansted Airport fixed base operation, for the new European home of its business jet demo fleet.

By Molly McMillin
Woolpert has won a contract to provide engineering, design support and construction management services for a $12 million runway extension at Huntingburg Regional Airport.

By Molly McMillin
Midwest AeroCare, based in Pittsburg, Kansas, has taken delivery of a Bell 407 helicopter with a medical configuration.

By Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation has received validation from the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in Mexico for more than a dozen of Duncan Aviation’s Supplemental Type Certificates.

By Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International and Gulfstream have partnered to provide training for Gulfstream’s new G700 business jet.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation Staffing and FlightSafety International have formed a global pilot training partnership program powered by the hullo Aircrew platform.

By Graham Warwick
An array of ground recording systems would be deployed to gather acoustic data across the entire sonic-boom carpet under the flight path of the aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Aerostructures supplier Triumph Group is to cooperate with Embraer to demonstrate a thermoplastic primary structure in flight.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Kirby Harrison
Canadian business aviation services provider Skyservice has purchased the Muskoka Aircraft Center hangar and Part 145 approved maintenance organization (AMO) in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Jefferies predicts manufacturers to deliver 648 business jets in 2019, up 11% from a year ago, followed by 642 deliveries in 2020 and 659 in 2021.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Desktop Metal, a U.S. startup that produces low-cost, high-speed metal 3D printers for rapid prototyping and mass production, has introduced a system that can print carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has directed his department to stop using drones manufactured in China or made with Chinese parts, pending a review.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Chinese urban air mobility (UAM) company Ehang plans to launch an initial public offering of shares on the U.S. Nasdaq stock exchange.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Senate has passed a transportation funding bill for fiscal 2020.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Partway through its makeover as an unmanned aircraft and automotive sensors specialist, FLIR Systems will shake up its business portfolio after low organic business growth, according to new comments from management.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 27 executive jets during the third quarter of 2019, including 15 light and 12 large-cabin aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is accelerating production and deliveries of its Global 7500 business jet, with plans to deliver 10 to 15 of the long-range jets during this year’s fourth quarter, the company said.
Business Aviation

Trans States Holdings has canceled an order for up to 100 Mitsubishi SpaceJet aircraft, the latest setback facing the Japanese manufacturer’s long-delayed regional jet program.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems will buy Bombardier’s aerostructures businesses in Northern Ireland and Morocco, as well as an MRO business in Dallas
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Defense and Space has made a strategic investment in U.S.-based Amprius, which is developing high-energy-density batteries.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Pilots approaching a runway were able to see a drone encroaching in their airspace 30% of the time, according to a study by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Oklahoma State University (OSU).
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Leading small drone manufacturer DJI has unveiled a highly capable quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in the U.S. and other countries.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Urban air mobility startup Volocopter has launched an unmanned cargo aircraft version of its Volocopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Business Aviation