Business Aviation

An L3Harris/AirTractor team has been selected to supply 75 weaponized versions of the AT-802 crop duster to Air Force Special Operations Command after winning the $3 billion contract for the Armed Overwatch program.

Infrastructure developer Skyports Infrastructure and AirAsia’s Advanced Air Mobility, a unit of AirAsia Aviation Group Limited, have signed a one-year letter of intent to study air taxi infrastructure development in Malaysia.

German business aviation group DC Aviation on July 27 held a ceremonial opening of its new hangar at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (EDMO) west of Munich.

Celebrating its fourth anniversary in business, Planet 9, a private jet management company and Part 135 charter operator based in Van Nuys, California, has shown how rapidly private air travel has been growing.

If granted commuter air carrier authorization by the U.S. DOT, SkyWest Charter hopes to backfill capacity on routes vacated due to staffing shortages.

Paragon Aviation Group, a global group of vetted independent FBO and international handling agents, has joined as an industry partner with I Hart Flying Foundation (IHFF), a non-profit organization built to assist women in achieving their aviation goals through flight training scholarships.

The hazard of taking off into an indefinite or low ceiling is underestimated by many pilots.

Maintain high but safe personal minimums or get rigorous initial and recurrent training in low-visibility instrument flight.

U.S. lawmakers lambasted the FAA as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry July 28 for the nation’s plodding progress toward removing lead from aviation fuel used in piston-engine aircraft, the largest remaining source of lead emissions into the air.

Partnered with six of biggest names in advanced air mobility, helicopter operator Bristow Group wants to be an early AAM adopter.

Textron Aviation saw growth in revenue and profit during the second quarter (Q2) with increased deliveries of its Cessna Citation jets and Caravan turboprops.

TEXTRON AVIATION earned $155m on $1.3b revenues in 2Q22 vs $96m on $1.2b in 2Q21; it delivered 48 jets and 35 turboprops in 2Q22 vs 44 jets and 33

DASSAULT AVIATION had €318m adjusted net income on €3.1b sales in 1H22 vs €265m on €3.1b in 1H21; it ended June with €34.1b backlog (82 Falcons) vs

The startup is working to certify an autonomous flight capability for the Cessna 208B Caravan.

VerdeGo, a firm specializing in hybrid-electric propulsion for aircraft, has announced a $12 million Series A round led by RTX Ventures (Raytheon

See how air traffic controllers handle the load as tiny Wittman Regional Airport becomes the world's busiest during EAA AirVenture.

Honeywell Aerospace’s plans to supply flight-control actuation and thermal-management technologies to Archer Aviation for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

AirVenture Team Shares Insights From World’s Most Attended Air ShowBCA editors Molly McMillin, Mike Lavitt and Matt Orloff are reporting from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during EAA AirVenture, where nearly 5,000 aircraft are on the field, and roughly 600,000 are expected to attend. Join us as we discuss the largest issues facing general and business aviation today and what the future may hold. We’ll look at the complex issues of removing lead from all aviation fuel, the outlook for pilot jobs, the new Daher Kodiak 900, the One Week Wonder project and more.

The NTSB expected that an investigator would arrive on scene July 27 to determine the cause of a midair collision one day earlier in East Portland, Arkansas, involving Air Tractor AT-802A and AT-802 agricultural airplanes.

DAHER launched e-commerce portal for parts, services and branded products for its in-production and legacy aircraft.

BOEING was selected by HYDRO Systems as distributor of its Tripod Jack Series for business jets and GA aircraft.

GENERAL DYNAMICS AEROSPACE earned $238m on $1.9b sales in 2Q22 vs $195m on $1.6b in 2Q21; it ended quarter with $18.8b backlog vs $13.5b a year ago

Work on resolving an FAA airworthiness directive (AD) that imposes operating restrictions on its G500 and G600 business jets has delayed certification of the new Gulfstream G700 into next year, parent company General Dynamics confirmed July 27.

Nathalie Tarnaud Laude will succeed Stefano Bortoli as the CEO of ATR effective Sept. 17.

CubCrafters, a designer of light sport and experimental backcountry aircraft, plans to launch a public offering to fund its expansion as the popularity of backcountry flying continues to grow.