Business Aviation

Dassault Aviation launched its new flagship business jet at a special digital unveiling of the clean sheet design Falcon 10X to its key markets around the world today.
Business Aviation

Bombardier has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2021 and affirmed its full year 2021 financial guidance and delivery expectations of 110-120 aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Vincent Chappard
Dassault Aviation today announced an all-new Falcon jet that will deliver a level of comfort, versatility and technology unmatched by any purposebuilt business jet.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
Corvette pilot finds out the answer is no
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Bill Carey
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
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.
Supply Chain

BCA Staff
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

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

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Scalable autonomy framework development supports airborne agent that can react to unanticipated situations for a wide range of aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

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

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation, based in Basel, Switzerland, has received FAA Part 125 certification, authorizing it to operate aircraft that seat 20 passengers or more.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Graham Warwick
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.
Sustainability

By Sean Broderick
A broad coalition of manufacturers, trade groups and travel organizations are pushing U.S. and UK leaders to re-open travel links between the two countries, while moves by pharmaceutical manufacturers to boost vaccine distribution are being lauded as much-needed steps to jump-start global air travel demand.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

STATUS JET, TX opened a European business jet charter brokerage/sales and acquisition office in Paris, France.
Business Aviation

PEREGRINE AVIONICS, CO has FAA STC to install new AMETEK brushless cooling blower on Hawker 4000s.
Business Aviation

PILATUS AIRCRAFT delivered its 1,800th PC-12 (PC-12 NGX; 2070) to owner of DIVINE FLAVOR, AZ; first delivered in 1994.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
As aircraft and propulsion developers look to electrical systems operating at kilovolt levels, Safran has teamed with a pyrotechnics specialist to develop an ultrafast method of shutting down high-power networks before electric arcing can cause potentially catastrophic damage.
Advanced Air Mobility

UAE aerostructures manufacturer Strata is to enter the business aviation sector thanks to an offset agreement between the Tawazun Economic Council and Swiss airframer Pilatus.
Emerging Technologies

David Hughes
European Air Service Group CEO Laurent Gauthier speaks to BCA
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The slow pace of Leonardo’s AW609 program has not benefited from the global pandemic.
Aerospace