The Weekly of Business Aviation

The expansion by Flir Systems into unmanned aircraft services is rolling on as it acquires the intellectual property and certain operating assets of Aria Insights.

Customer demand for Boeing Business Jet interior refurbishment at King Aerospace is on the rise.

Safran Landing Systems is building a new $15.25 million test laboratory in France, called ExceLAB, to test capabilities for new systems, from prototypes to finished products, across a broad range of simulated operating conditions.

Rhett Ross, CEO and president of Continental Aerospace Technologies, an engine manufacturer based in Mobile, Alabama, plans to retire from the position he has held for 12 years.

Convincing more women to pursue careers as pilots would help ease a supply crunch that could soon threaten even the largest airlines in the U.S., two pilot-workforce experts said.

Whitcraft, a Connecticut-based manufacturer of highly-engineered precision formed, precision machined, and fabricated products for aerospace turbine engine OEMs and Tier I suppliers, said Oct. 1 it acquired Multax of Morton, Illinois, which has roots in programming the first multiple axis machines ever used.

UPS says its Flight Forward subsidiary has received the first FAA Part 135 Standard certification to use unmanned aircraft systems for package deliveries nationwide.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 500th Cessna Grand Caravan EX utility turboprop, the latest model of the Caravan platform.

Embraer has received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency approval of its new Praetor 500 midsize business jet.

Rolls-Royce has completed the acquisition of the electric aircraft propulsion activities of German industrial giant Siemens.

Alphabet company Wing is playing down Australian media criticism of noise from its drone delivery operations as it prepares to launch its latest commercial service in Logan, south of Brisbane in Queensland.

World View Enterprises Inc. has exceeded by more than two days its goal of a 30-day demo Stratollite balloon mission for sustained navigational stratospheric flight.

ExecuJet, a division of the Luxaviation Group, plans to exit Cambridge City Airport and open a larger fixed base operation at another UK airport.

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Jet Linx celebrated the opening of a 3,000-sq.-ft. dedicated private terminal for members at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, serving the New York City market.

Avflight has begun construction of a new FBO and hangar on a five-acre leased parcel at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Baines Simmons, the consulting and training division of Air Partner, is offering aviation safety training courses in Amsterdam for the first time.

Jet Aviation has partnered with Amira Air, a Vienna, Austria-based aircraft operator, to add a Global Express to its fleet in EMEA.

Jet Support Services has acquired Tracware, a maintenance, repair and overhaul software provider.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to hold a public board meeting on Dec. 10 to determine the probable cause of a fatal doors-off helicopter crash.

Tonit Calaway has been appointed to the board of directors of Astronics Corp.

Gulfstream is reducing jobs as it realigns its business, but it is too soon to say how many positions will be impacted, a spokeswoman said.