The Weekly of Business Aviation

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Premier Aircraft, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been named the North America Platinum Distributor for Diamond Aircraft parts.
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The Corporate Air Center, based in Skagit County, Washington, in coordination with the Port of Skagit, supported critical response efforts during the recent flooding in the area.
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The Blackhawk Group has acquired Silver Sky Aviation, based in Wasilla, Alaska. Silver Sky provides aviation maintenance and upgrade services and supports King Air, Cessna Caravan, Kodiak and Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.
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Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
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Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.
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Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.
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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.
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This week's Program Profile features the Gulfstream G280 and G300. It includes Performance and Specifications, Delivery and MRO Forecasts, Average Retail Values, Utilization and more.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish defense and aerospace electronics company says the acquisition will allow it to position itself in the growing uncrewed traffic management market and bolster its UK presence.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
VP Racing and LyondellBasell announced that standards organization ASTM International has issued a first specification for their UL100E unleaded avgas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Recruiting production workers has long been a headache for the French industry—which includes critical suppliers for Airbus and CFM International.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
The NTSB board on Jan. 2 issued five urgent recommendations to Textron Aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 155 executive jets during 2025, outperforming 2024 when it delivered 130 business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus has unveiled its 2026 edition of SR Series G7+ aircraft for its line of SR20, SR22 and SR22T single-engine pistons, bringing in a range of upgrades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation Falcon business jet deliveries in 2025 again missed a full-year target, while Rafale fighter shipments topped the company’s forecast.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Indra Group announced a $342 million contract under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Automation features for low pilot workload and extra safety are central to the Airbus ACH160 design philosophy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Otto Aerospace’s slotted natural laminar flow wing is the secret sauce in the Phantom 3500 concept, but what is it, and how does it work?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
An advocacy group is surprised by the recent expansion of the FCC's Covered List of prohibited equipment and services to include all foreign-made drones.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Richard “Dick” Aarons, renowned former editor of Aviation Week’s Business and Commercial Aviation (BCA) for more than 50 years, died Dec. 11 at the age of 82.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is proposing a retrofit plan to ensure radio altimeters function as expected after new wireless spectrum is sold off and activated in the coming years
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has accepted the first of two flight simulators developed in partnership with CAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet over the holidays to longtime Citation owners Dave Mecartney and Shannon Day.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) plans to become a rotorcraft operator with the takeover of Belgium-based NHV Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion