Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
L3 Commercial Aviation has placed an order for up to 240 new aircraft options with Vero Beach, Florida, manufacturer Piper Aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Helicopter operator PHI International is partnering with Ideagen, a UK-based software developer, to deliver risk management tools for helicopter safety.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have teamed to pursue the FAA-led Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR) requirement.
Business Aviation

Comlux has said Comlux Completion, its completion and service centre in Indianapolis, is raising the bar in maintenance services on large VIP aircraft such as ACJ and BBJ.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
With helicopters playing a growing role in health care systems, Leonardo is envisioning technologies that could enable more treatments to take place inflight.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Aerostructures provider Triumph Group is transferring its manufacturing work on the Embraer E2 program to AeroSpace Technologies of Korea.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Principals of the Aireon joint venture on April 2 formally announced the launch of the company’s satellite-based air traffic control (ATC) surveillance system.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft has announced two new trainer aircraft to its lineup—the Piper Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Scaled Composites President Ben Daichun has left the company to become the president of Opener, a startup developing the BlackFly personal eVTOL vehicle.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The inaugural Urban Air Mobility Conference, which looks to the future of air transportation, will be held April 9-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
FlightSafety International and Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training have formed a joint venture focused on providing training services for Textron’s fleet of business and general aviation aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The FastCan project producing the composite canopy structure for Airbus Helicopters’ Racer high-speed rotorcraft demo is bringing automotive design and manufacturing tech into aerospace.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Digital link for aviation; Composite regional fuselage; Automotive tech for rotorcraft; Medical drone delivery; Unmanned aerial spraying.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s aerospace and defense trade association, ADS has vented frustration at the British Parliament’s continuing chaotic indecision over the country’s departure from the European Union (EU).
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
With FAA leadership focused on the Boeing 737 MAX and a review of related certification activities, some industry experts are concerned certification of other aircraft, including business jets, could be delayed.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the ultra-long-range Global 7500 business jet to its first European customer—Formula One driver and F1 World Champion Niki Lauda.
Business Aviation

Embraer has delivered the first E175 to Mauritania Airlines. The airline signed a firm order with Embraer for two E175 jets in 2018. The contract has a value of USD 93.8 million.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
With a heritage that traces back to the first jet fighter, the long out-of-production Sabreliner is a key element in in-flight upset training.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Lufthansa Technik has completed setup of an independent platform for the data generated by aviation.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
ST Engineering recently launched SERIS Airport Analytics for Enhanced Airport Operations, a platform to address increased aircraft traffic faced by global aviation markets, help in decision-making and a seamless travel experience.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Dassault Aviation plans to acquire ExecuJet’s maintenance, repair and overhaul business at Subang Airport in Malaysia as it strengthens its aftermarket support in Southeast Asia, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Alan Dron
Compensation claims by passengers on delayed flights in the European Union are escalating sharply and harming smaller airlines, the head of the body representing them said March 27.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR is planning to fly a prototype of a new digital aeronautical radio system for the first time by the end of March.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s new Global 7500 ultra-long-range bizjet has broken a speed record between L.A. and N.Y., traveling coast-to-coast in 3 hr., 54 min.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Canadian aircraft interiors and MRO specialist Flying Colours has held the first in a series of employee recruiting events that drew more than 400 candidates.
Business Aviation