The Weekly of Business Aviation

One month after the most devastating hurricane ever to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, area airports, businesses and homes are still digging out.

Dassault Aviation has been awarded a contract to carry out detailed study work for a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000 LXS bizjet.

Flyability, a Swiss startup developing collision-tolerant drones for operation in confined spaces, has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round.

Alexandria, Virginia-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has named MITRE Corp. executive Hassan Shahidi as its new president and CEO, succeeding Jon Beatty. Shahidi will join FSF in January 2019.

European and international partners are moving toward the launch of an experimental hypersonic glider in 2020.

When Bombardier dropped its bombshell announcements Nov. 8—including the sale of the Q400 program and 5,000 job cuts—perhaps the least surprising revelation was that Canadian cousin CAE would buy Bombardier’s two business-aviation training centers in Dallas and Montreal.

Gulfstream Aerospace has selected Triumph Fabrications to manufacturer Gulfstream G500 and G600 fuselage frames.

Signature Flight Support has acquired 49% of St. Thomas Jet Center in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has added seven new members.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Viking Air Limited Model DHC-3 airplanes.

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Anthony Rios has been promoted to chief operating officer of Avionica, based in Miami.

Dec. 10-12 — 8th Annual Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) Conference, DWC, Dubai, http://www.mebaa.aero/

Business aviation departures in Europe totaled 77,197 in October, up 5% from a year ago and 12% from October 2016, according to WingX Advance.

The FAA is investing $40.9 million in infrastructure in Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Textron has joined with King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas and one of the largest in the world, to launch a special edition Beechcraft King Air 350i.

Medical Air Rescue Co., based in Phoenix, has ordered its first Airbus helicopter, the H130 single-engine aircraft, to help it grow its operations.

Reach Air Medical Services will acquire five Airbus helicopters for its fleet, including three H125s and two H130s for use in emergency medical service operations.

ACI Jet has completed installation of Honeywell’s JetWave Ka-band internet hardware, with additional hardware and data plan provided by Rockwell Collins.

Lynx FBO Network will acquire the fixed base operation assets of Voyager Jet Center at Allegheny County Airport in Pittsburgh.

Web Manuals has partnered with Advanced Safety and Quality Solutions (ASQS) to automate safety compliance.

Mente Group, a Dallas-based aviation consulting firm, has formed a strategic alliance with ProAir Aviation in Europe.

Titan Aviation has opened its U.S. headquarters inside Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.

Bombardier has delivered a Challenger 350 to Latitude 33 Aviation, a charter operator based at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.

Waco Aircraft Corp., based in Battle Creek, Michigan, has been acquired by the Dimor Group of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which plans to grow the company.