Business Aviation

Uber Elevate on Oct. 28 revealed a multirotor, tiltwing design for its planned Uber Eats delivery drone.

Regulators have mandated temporary operational limitations for Airbus A220 operators in the wake of three Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failures in the last three months.

Offshore helicopter operator NHV Group has secured a British air operator certificate in preparation for the UK’s impending departure from the European Union.

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, while occupied with shopping its 146-seat E195-E2 jet, is indicating it will consider reentering the turboprop market to meet demand in Latin America.

The sale of ExecuJet’s maintenance activities will allow Luxaviation to refocus on its core aviation services and further concentrate on innovation and investing in the sector’s development, Luxavation CEO Patrick Hansen said.

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.

BOMBARDIER is adding new line maintenance stations at Teterboro, NJ and Van Nuys, CA. increasing worldwide total to 11.

TEXTRON AVIATION has introduced 3D full-color technical manuals (vs paper-based 2D manuals) for Cessna Citation Longitude.

STANDARDAERO says it is completing its 10,000th Falcon airframe service and completed its 400th HTF7000 overhaul.

SIGNATURE TECHNICAIR established new business jet mobile service unit (MSU) out of Manchester Airport, UK.

BOEING and VERTEX AEROSPACE teamed to provide landing gear overhaul for Beechcraft aircraft through AVIALL.

HONDA AIRCRAFT announced first installation of medevac interior on HondaJet Elite for WING SPIRIT, HI.

BOMBARDIER increased baseline range of 16-pax Global 5500 from 5,700 to 5,900 nm at Mach 0.85.

GE AVIATION was selected by Jet Aviation to provide C-FOQA flight efficiency services to support fleet with data analytics.

FOREFLIGHT (Boeing) launched ForeFlight Dispatch flight planning component for its web application that empowers pilots, flight planners and ops

KAMAN COMPOSITES-WICHITA (Kaman Aerosystems), KS secured new long-term deal with Winglet Technology to continue to supply composite winglet systems

GARMIN INTERNATIONAL was certified for G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for King Air C90.

TRU SIMULATION + TRAINING has FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training order for Citation Latitude simulator for Europe (site TBA).

CAE booked business jet training contracts from JetSuite, Silver Air, Solairus Aviation, TAG Aviation and Vulcan Flight Management.

GENERAL DYNAMICS AEROSPACE earned $393m on $2.5b sales in 3Q19 vs $376m on $2b in 3Q18; it has $11.4b backlog, down from $11.9b a year ago. GULFSTREAM