Business Aviation

Looking into 2021 and beyond, the business aviation sector is a tale of two worlds when it comes to mergers and acquisitions.

The company aims to regain its position at the top of the business-jet market, which it started losing 28 years ago.

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HÉROUX-DEVTEK was selected by Dassault to supply landing gear for Falcon 10X; deal includes spares/aftermarket services.

STELIA AEROSPACE was selected by Dassault Aviation as Falcon 10X supplier, to provide four aerostructure subassemblies for central fuselage section

Miami International Airport on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.

HONEYWELL was selected by Dassault Aviation to provide the following equipment for new Falcon 10X: Enhanced SmartView SVS; Next-Generation Integrated

DASSAULT AVIATION launched the Falcon 10X with two 18,000 lb thrust Pearl 10X engines (supplied by ROLLS-ROYCE) to to enter service in late 2025

Bombardier’s first-quarter financial call with analysts was the first of its kind as a pure-play business aviation company, following the divestiture of its transportation business in January.

BOMBARDIER earned $19m on $1.3b revenues in 1Q21 vs $105m on $1.5b in 1Q20; it delivered 26 business jets (16 Globals) vs 26 (nine Globals) a year ago

Dassault Aviation has unveiled its newest business jet–the Dassault Falcon 10X–a clean-sheet 7,500-nm, four-zone, ultra-long-range aircraft that is the company’s largest jet to date.

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Columbia Helicopters and Aurora Flight Sciences have teamed up to develop and demonstrate a suite of technologies that could make rotary-wing firefighting in degraded visual environments safer.

PRO STAR AVIATION, NH was named by Collins Aerospace as installation center for Pro Line Fusion retrofit on Challenger 604s.

Directional Aviation Group has acquired helicopter charter operator Halo Aviation, of Cranleigh, UK, for an undisclosed price, adding to its OneSky Flight portfolio of private aviation companies.

Olivier Jarrault, most recently CEO of LEAP engine blade maker Albany International during a dynamic two-year stint, is now CEO of Cadence Aerospace, a relatively new private equity-backed machined-parts producer for aerospace and defense OEMs and others.

The FAA announced on May 5 that it is marking more space launch activity areas on the digital VFR raster charts it makes available to pilots.

Wisk Aero has agreed to operate up to 30 autonomous air taxis on Blade Urban Air Mobility’s U.S. network.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Helicopter Institute have teamed with other partners to develop training scenarios for helicopter pilots using virtual reality simulators.

Scalable autonomy framework development supports airborne agent that can react to unanticipated situations for a wide range of aircraft.

BCA editor Bill Carey speaks with Vishal Hiremath, co-founder of fractional ownership company JetIt, about plans to launch sister company JetClub in Europe.

DASSAULT made first flight of second Falcon 6X; third aircraft with complete interior will enter test program in mid-2021 and fourth (first production

Jet Aviation, based in Basel, Switzerland, has received FAA Part 125 certification, authorizing it to operate aircraft that seat 20 passengers or more.

Dassault Aviation’s second Falcon 6X flight test aircraft has completed its first flight in the development of the widebody, large business jet.

Scottish fuel-cell specialist Hy-Hybrid Energy is working with an undisclosed partner on a hybrid-electric propulsion system for aircraft that combines a gas turbine with a battery and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that operates on jet fuel.