Business Aviation

Ukraine has begun taking delivery of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.

Petaluma, California-based Jump Aero is developing a small, fast, short-range vehicle for transporting first responders.

Some Textron Aviation employees in Wichita began reporting back to work on Jan. 6 following an explosion last month.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about what they think lies ahead in 2020 and the challenges they face. This is Part 2 of the two-part series.

Weeks into a rash of reported drone sightings in eastern Colorado and part of Nebraska, the FAA on Jan. 6 lacked an explanation for the reports or whether drones were actually involved.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

NETJETS took delivery of its first Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet, and now has >250 Cessna business jets.

TAILWIND TECHNOLOGIES has acquired QUALITY AIRCRAFT ACCESSORIES, Tulsa, OK/Fort Lauderdale, FL (general aviation aftermarket stocking distributor) and

Maturing technology and market lead Bell to redesign its Nexus eVTOL around all-electric propulsion for short-range intraurban flights.

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Flirtey is preparing to begin routine food deliveries by drone within the largest industrial park in the U.S.

A new U.S. Army program will demo an intel-collecting system with three powerful sensing capabilities in one year and attempt to field the system on a new airborne surveillance fleet starting in five years.

BRITTEN-NORMAN AIRCRAFT (ULSTER), Northern Ireland was established by Britten-Norman; no other details have been provided.

French-based Latécoère will acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system assets.

Clemens Aviation, a family-owned charter, management and sales operation outside Wichita, is expanding into the Oklahoma business jet sales market.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about their predictions for 2020.

LATÉCOÈRE agreed to acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) assets in Querétaro, Mexico for US$50m in cash; deal includes

The explosion that rocked Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita last week appears not to have harmed the company’s Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop program.

Business aviation stakeholders say they support congressional legislation that includes provisions “aimed squarely at promoting the development and use of sustainable aviation fuels,” the National Business Aviation Association said.

Leonardo Helicopters has completed the first flight of the fourth prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor.

A nitrogen tank exploded at Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft facility in Wichita on Dec. 27.

The FAA on Dec. 26 released its long-awaited proposed rule outlining requirements for drones to transmit identifying information to the ground.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense company in the near term.

Michael Anckner to Vice President of Worldwide Sales-Learjet Aircraft and Corporate Fleets of Bombardier, Montreal.