The Weekly of Business Aviation

Eclipse Aviation, along with Advent Aircraft Systems, has launched a promotion of Advent’s eABS anti-skid brake system for Eclipse 500 twin-engine jets with the IFMS 2.08 software package.

The FAA is adopting a new AD for certain Aerospace Welding Minneapolis Inc. mufflers, part numbers A1754001-23 and A1754001-25, installed on airplanes.

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Bryan Moss, formerly president of Gulfstream, has joined the board of directors of Aerion.

Feb. 6-9—NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, https://www.nbaa.org/events/sdc/2018/

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Venture capital is flowing into the nascent urban air mobility market and related fields of electric propulsion and autonomous systems.

Business aviation flight activity turned in its best year in 2017 since 2008, with more than 3 million flights in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered a fourth G650ER to Qatar Airways for its Qatar Executive commercial charter service.

Embraer has delivered a Legacy 500 midsize business jet to an undisclosed customer in Malaysia, the company said.

Bell Helicopter sees China as the brightest spot in its Asian universe.

Gulfstream Aerospace’s new G500 is entering the final stage of its flight test and certification program, while the G600 completed field performance testing.

Business aviation services company Shanghai Hawker Pacific will bring its second hangar into operation in March, more than doubling its undercover space.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has dropped its complaint with the FAA against Waukegan National Airport outside Chicago.

The Series B funding round was led by Intel Capital and includes JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures and Singapore-based EDBI, an investor in mobility, robotics and artificial intelligence. California-based Joby, founded in 2009, has now raised $130 million.

Dassault Aviation has unveiled the Falcon 6X, a new long-range business jet powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada engines.

The Vahana single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by A³, Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, made its unmanned first flight at Pendleton, Oregon, on the morning of Jan. 31.

Executive AirShare is making a significant management change with the departure of its co-founder Keith Plumb, its president and CEO.

An EBAA analysis of Brexit calls on negotiators to preserve the current aviation relationship between the EU and the UK.

JetBlue Airways and Toyota are among investors putting $100 million into Joby Aviation to take its eVTOL air taxi into preproduction and certification.

Billed by organizers as “Asia’s Largest Aerospace and Defense Event,” the Singapore Airshow 2018 opens Feb. 6.

Textron Aviation is keeping a close watch on the status of Safran’s troubled Silvercrest engine.Its large cabin Citation Hemisphere depends on it.

Textron Aviation deliveries for the fourth quarter of 2017 were mixed amid a strengthening market.

Boeing remains in “active” and “productive” discussions with Embraer and Brazil's government over a potential alignment, Boeing’s chief executive said Jan. 31.

Bombardier’s fifth and final Global 7000 flight test vehicle made its first flight Jan. 30, paving the way for the aircraft’s entry-into-service later in 2018.