Business Aviation

The Colorado-based company plans to certify the battery-powered two-seat aircraft under FAA Part 23 rules, primarily for the flight training market.

VISTAJET ordered six Global 7500s for delivery in 2020; cabin has four living spaces, including permanent private stateroom.

GULFSTREAM launched the G700, with up to five living areas and range of 7,500 nm at Mach 0.85, for first delivery in 2022, and booked orders from

Italy-based Tecnam took firm orders for 11 P2012 Traveller 11-seat utility aircraft during the first two days at the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition here, held Oct. 22-24.

XTI Aircraft says it has signed an initial agreement with a potential lead investor in its $25 million Series B funding round.

FAA and the German Aerospace Center have signed a memorandum of cooperation to identify data that should be shared when space launch and re-entry operations traverse the airspace of different countries.

SINGATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT has acquired IAM JET CENTRE, Barbados, which doubles the commercial airline VIP handling network of Signature ELITE Class.

GKN AEROSPACE unveiled mid-scale demonstrator tool at Filton, UK to manufacture composite wing spars using RTM technology under 'Wing of Tomorrow'

SOLAIRUS AVIATION took delivery of first G600 for Part 135 or charter operations out of San Francisco Intl. Airport.

KOPTER and KAI signed MOU to collaborate on assembly, production, customization and sales of Kopter’s SH09 single-engine helicopter in South Korea.

DASSAULT says Falcon 6X program is nearing initial assembly (design was frozen earlier and manufacturing is well underway) and is on track for first

HONEYWELL forecasts delivery of 7,600 business jets worth $248b in 2020-2029 (vs 7,700 worth $251b in 2018 forecast). It says industry is expected to

GULFSTREAM opened dedicated 70,348 sq ft mid-cabin business jet hangar at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL.

STANDARDAERO plans in 2020 to open its first European-based business aviation parts warehouse in Amsterdam.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK and POLITECNICO DI TORINO developed an automated, non-invasive diagnostic procedure for examining primary hydraulic flight control

ARIES ALLIANCE launched Plug & Form off-the-shelf hot titanium forming press that requires no pit; ARIES is parent to ACB and Dufieux in France and

TRAX was selected by Frontier to provide suite of eMobility apps to place MRO tasks, job cards and manuals on a tablet with online/offline access at

FLIGHTDOCS was selected by Satcom Direct (SD) to provide Enterprise Maintenance and Operations platform for integration with SD Pro intelligent data

TEXTRON AVIATION expanded parts distribution warehouses by nearly 50% at Orlando, Phoenix-Mesa and Teterboro, increasing total footprint for the three

HIGH QA EUROPE was established in The Netherlands for providing QA software.

FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL plans in 2020 to build training facility in Houston (in the Houston Spaceport area at Ellington Airport.) with 12 full

MTU AERO ENGINES signed agreement with Government of Serbia to cooperate in training of skilled labor as it plans to increase workforce in country to

LILIUM completed 3,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Munich for its 5-seat all-electric VTOL jet, which has begun flight testing; aircraft will be

TEXTRON was forced to push back first flight of Cessna Denali from 2019 to 2020 due to delays with GE Catalyst engine.

RAISBECK ENGINEERING unveiled new HARTZELL-designed composite 5-blade swept propeller for King Air 200s; it owns STC.