Business Aviation

Farnborough Airport has appointed architectural practice Gebler Tooth and civil engineer McLaughlin & Harvey to design and build its new, third hangar, with construction due to start this month.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Learning the wrong lessons in the simulator sets you up to fail in the real world.

Proposed new federal legislation would renew the legal authorities already granted to U.S. agencies to protect critical infrastructure and events against rogue drones and empower the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to “proactively” prevent drone incursions at airports.

ELLIOTT AVIATION, IL completed installation of HomeSafe emergency autoland systems on 29 TBM 940s for sale in US.

BOMBARDIER had $129m net loss on $1.6b revenues in 2Q22 vs $139m net income on $1.5b in 2Q21 and ended quarter with $14.7b backlog, up 37% vs a year

Bombardier continues to see strong demand for business jets, although supply chain issues continue to constrain deliveries.

New aircraft announcements, avgas changes and the U.S. Air Force’s 75th anniversary draw attention.

Circling is an unnecessary evil made worse by the way we train and check.

Autonomous advanced air mobility vehicles offer a solution to minimizing the environmental impact of wildfires, panelists told a White House-sponsored AAM conference Aug. 3.

For now, urban air mobility is focused on small two-four-passenger air taxis. But a UK study suggests that larger, 30-50-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft could be competitive with existing modes of public transportation while reducing emissions and congestion.

ELLIOTT AVIATION acquired FOUR POINTS AERO at Dallas Love Field, its fifth business jet MRO location in the US.

JETNET secured a majority growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners, Boston to expand its product footprint, invest in sales and marketing

With decades of experience working out of the world’s most hostile environments, Harding Bush, a former U.S. Navy Seal and the current security operations manager at Global Rescue, provides insight on how to obtain peace of mind under high-stress circumstances.

Aircraft completions company JETMS Completions has received FAA supplemental type certification (STC) approval to modify seating on the Embraer Phenom 300 light jet.

Air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity system developer SmartSky Networks announced Aug. 2 that its broadband network for business aviation now operates across the continental U.S.

JETMS COMPLETIONS (Avia Solutions Group) has FAA approval for seat maintenance/repairs for Phenom 300.

MARSH BROTHERS AVIATION, Canada developed new flap roller upgrade kit for King Air using its proprietary thermoplastic polymer bearing AeroTough GF

DASSAULT AVIATION received EASA certification for its FalconEye dual HUD for Falcon 8X; it will also certify on 6X.

Gulfstream’s leader talks about the company’s new aircraft certification progress, customer base and service center network.

MAG Aviation Group, Inc., an aviation solutions provider based in Fort Myers, Florida, has announced the opening of its newest location at the Boise Airport (BOI) in Boise, Idaho.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world’s largest airshow, hit a record for attendance in 2022 with about 650,000 participating, up 7% from 2021.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has seen an increase in enquiries for private jets to Doha as football fever kicks in ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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.