Woolpert, an aviation architecture and consulting firm, has acquired Jviation, an airport planning, survey architecture, engineering, and construction management firm.
328 Support Services GmbH, a division of the Sierra Nevada Corp., has opened a new simulator facility for the Dornier 328 turboprop near Dusseldorf, Germany, at Velbert/Essen.
Avantus Aerospace, a parts supplier for the aerospace and defense industry, has acquired Fastener Innovation Technology Corp. (FIT), a manufacturer of high-strength fasteners for military and commercial aerospace applications.
Satcom Direct (SD), which provides connectivity for business and general aviation, has completed what it says are significant improvements to its Network Operations Center (NOC) at its headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.
IATA is now forecasting a slower-than-expected recovery of air travel for this year and into 2021, highlighting the need for further financial assistance from governments and urging the introduction of broad testing that would allow a quick reopening of borders.
Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal is departing the company following a senior management reorganization as Bombardier nears the sale of its transportation division.
Partners in a joint Portugese-Brazilian venture to develop a multipurpose light transport aircraft hope to have the twin-turboprop ATL-100 on the market by the beginning of 2026.
Sweden has opened facilities to test electric and unmanned aircraft at Are Ostersund Airport under a European Union-supported cross-border project with Norway.
Bell is completing certification testing on its Model 525 super medium helicopter, but there is no firm date on when the fly-by-wire helicopter will receive its long-awaited sign off by the FAA.
Wheels Up has formed Wheels Up Aircraft Management, a new group created after the integration and recent acquisitions of Delta Private Jets and Gama Aviation Signature.
Paris is to create an urban air mobility test area, with the goal of showcasing air taxi operations during the 2024 Olympics if implementation is successful.
Bell has completed a demonstration of its APT 70 unmanned cargo aircraft equipped with Xwing’s detect-and-avoid system under NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System project.
It’s reasonable to ask why the aviation industry hasn’t made the transition from indicated air speed to Angle of Attack as the primary performance indicator for target V speeds.
Textron Aviation’s third and final Cessna 408 SkyCourier test aircraft completed its first flight on Sept. 28 and will join the other two aircraft in the company’s flight test program.
