The Weekly of Business Aviation

Two key U.S. lawmakers overseeing federal transportation policy have introduced a bill that would keep the FAA fully funded during any future lapse in appropriations.

UK UAS developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for BVLOS test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.

Honeywell Aerospace is closing its longtime office at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and moving repair and overhaul operations to Olathe, Kansas.

With the battle against ATC privatization over, the NBAA is turning its attention to the industry’s pressing shortage of pilots, mechanics and other professions.

Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.

A potential partnership between Embraer and Boeing would, if OK'd, benefit Embraer’s executive jet division, which would become Embraer’s largest division.

Brad Nolen joined Bombardier in 2002 as a product strategy analyst after serving at Safran Landing Systems and Goodrich Aerospace as a structural engineering consultant.

GE Aviation’s subsidiary in the Czech Republic is to study the combination of its H-Series turboprops with electric drives developed by Austria’s ATB Antriebstehnik to produce propulsion systems for general aviation and urban air mobility.

Boeing has made a “significant investment” in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources, as well as “strategic vertical content,” to bring the 12-passenger AS2 to market, the company says in a statement.

Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.

Universal Helicopters has signed a purchase agreement with Tecnam for a fleet of 10 aircraft.

Owners and pilots of two Daher TBM turboprops completed milestone flights over the South Pole, marking the first legs in earning the Polar Diamond Circumnavigator Diploma.

Daher has opened a new TBM customer support base serving the greater Paris region, located in Toussus-le-Noble, southwest of the city.

Signature TechnicAir has added a mobile service unit at Chicago Midway International Airport and St. Paul Downtown Airport, Minnesota.

AviationManuals closed 2018 with a 35% increase in revenue and has enhanced its digital products.

Dave Rosenberg has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer at Textron Aviation.

Feb. 6-7—National Aviation Infrastructure Forum & Show, Corcus Expo, Moscow, https://www.nais-russia.com/en/Home/

View the Program Profile: Piper Cheyenne in PDF format.

View the North American Flight Activity 2018 vs. 2017 chart in PDF format.

Sherwin Williams Aerospace has added a new color selection program for use by designers and paint shops.

Carlsbad Jet Center, a new independent fixed base operator at the McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, California, has joined Avfuel’s network of branded FBOs.

Epps Aviation in Atlanta is designating two additional Pilatus satellite centers.

Avflight Corp. has opened a new 3,295-sq.-ft. full-service fixed base operation in Milwaukee.

CPI Aerostructures has been awarded a contract from Sikorsky of about $1 million to manufacture a structural assembly for use in the interior of Sikorsky helicopters.

TAG Farnborough Airport has launched the TAG Flying Scholarship 2019 to help support an individual who otherwise may not have the finances to gain flying experience and earn a Private Pilot’s License.