The Weekly of Business Aviation

Med-Trans Corp., an air medical transport company, and Care Flight have partnered to provide helicopter medical service to regions of Nevada and California.

Flying Colours Corp. has signed an agreement with Conair Group to modify six production Q400MR aircraft to support multipurpose mission

Oriens Maintenance Services has opened at London Biggin Hill in London.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has signed an agreement with Aviation Battery Systems to distribute its StartStick and StartStick Fleet inflight rechargeable ground power units and accessories.

Air medical transport company Air Medical Resource Group has changed its name to Guardian Flight.

Former FAA employee Joshua Schultz employee, pleaded guilty to theft of government property and was sentenced to pay restitution of $8,176 and 36 months probation by the U.S. District Court of Utah.

PPG was awarded a contract from Bell for the production of heated pilot and co-pilot windshields for the Bell 525 Relentless commercial helicopter.

Gulfstream Aerospace will exhibit its new Gulfstream G500 and its flagship G650ER business jets at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo Feb. 26-28.

FlightSafety International has completed the expansion of its Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, the company said.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 7X airplanes.

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Pat Scharber has joined Jet Methods as director of sales and aircraft management.

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Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.

The FAA has ordered inspectors to stop asking airlines and repair stations to submit data that supports the agency’s new certificate oversight methodology.

Textron Aviation is halting production of its Cessna TTx single-engine, high-performance aircraft, the company confirmed Feb. 21.

XTI Aircraft Company’s TriFan 600 prototype is on budget and on schedule for a first flight later this year, the company said.

The helicopter market improved in 2017, with rotorcraft shipments up 7.5% from the year before.

Duncan Aviation’s helicopter component repair services business rose 80% in 2017 and the growth is expected to continue through 2018, the company said.

The Saras light transport aircraft has completed its second test flight in two months, rekindling hopes of a revival of India's civil aircraft program.

Bell Helicopter has dropped the term “Helicopter” from its name in a radical rebranding.

Nextant Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the USAF to serve as a subcontractor to Field Aerospace on the T-1A Avionics Modernization Program.

Nextant Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the USAF to serve as a subcontractor to Field Aerospace on the T-1A Avionics Modernization Program.

The Trump administration rolled out a fiscal 2019 federal budget on Feb. 12 that seeks $16.1 billion for the FAA.