Business Aviation

FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS teamed with Peregrine to develop STC to install dual band ADS-B In datalink transceiver on Citation 650.

Shane LaPlante to Vice President-Sales & Marketing of Freeflight Systems, Irving, TX.

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN has LOI from ASL Aviation Holdings to provide hydrogen fuel conversion kits for 10 ATR 72Fs. In addition, ASL has agreed to provide

DUNCAN MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS was formed to perform parts fabrication out of 21,000 sq ft facility devoted to machining, metal work and composite

Volocopter and logistics company DB Schenker conducted the first public demonstration of the VoloDrone heavy-lift unmanned cargo aircraft at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg on Oct. 12.

JAUNT AIR MOBILITY agreed to merge with the AIRO GROUP, joining a group of six companies developing AAM technologies to offer commercial, military

A new Bombardier-Signature Flight Support memorandum of understanding, unveiled on Oct. 12, expands their cooperation.

A roundup of announcements at NBAA-BACE: Day One

One straight line runs through Bombardier’s journey through the aviation business: the Challenger large-cabin business jet.

Textron Aviation and Xwing signed agreement to accelerate integration of autoflight technologies into existing/future aircraft.

IS&S says the ThrustSense system reduces crew workload, increases situational awareness and provides envelope protection.

Blackhawk said its upgrades are designed to “increase the performance, speed, usability and reliability of high-performance turboprop aircraft for a lower cost than buying new.”

Pilots continue to repeat the same mistakes, believing their flying savvy will allow them to escape bad situations

Bombardier kicked off NBAA-BACE with the announcement of the launch customer for the Challenger 3500.

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has weathered the pandemic with stable sales, and expects to surpass its 2020 performance this year.

Ron Draper, Textron Aviation president and CEO discusses the company’s Oct. 11 announcement of two new product upgrades the day before the National Business Aviation Association’s Convention & Exhibition opens in Las Vegas. Draper also discusses the business aviation market and much more.

The 2021 NBAA-BACE opened in Las Vegas on Oct. 12 after a year’s hiatus with new features.

After a decade of stagnation, the pandemic may have fundamentally changed the business aviation industry with virus-driven safety concerns spurring a

SpeedNews Briefs From NBAA-BACE: Day One

What is Honda up to at this year’s NBAA-BACE? The mystery, whatever it might be, is hidden from view by huge black curtains.

DASSAULT AVIATION expects detailed design of the Falcon 10X will be completed before end 2021 and parts production will start in 2022; many components

Jaunt Air Mobility, specialist in electric vertical takeoff and and hybrid-electric aircraft, has agreed to merge with AIRO Group.

The NBAA is convening amid new optimism about industry’s future and sense the pandemic is generating unprecedented interest.

Austrian startup CycloTech has begun tethered flight tests of a demonstrator equipped with its cycloidal rotor technology for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Newsmakers lunch panelists agree there will be consolidation in the market, and probably be 4-5 major players in 20 years.