Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Garmin International is expanding the availability of its G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for upgrades on aircraft equipped with its G1000 flight deck.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
One Aviation Corp., which includes Eclipse Aerospace and Kestrel Aircraft, has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault has issued a “clarification” to confirm that Rafale aircraft parts will be delivered by year’s end as part of agreed offsets.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
A few unsuspecting flight crews have suddenly found their transports turned into gliders by volcanic eruption materials temporarily snuffing their engines.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Inside Textron Aviation’s Industrial Design Studio in West Wichita, the interior of the company’s new high-wing, utility Cessna Sky Courier twin turboprop is taking shape.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Justice Department announced Oct. 10 that it arrested and indicted a Chinese security officer earlier this year for alleged economic espionage and trying to steal trade secrets from “multiple” U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation in Ohio.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of rival Esterline Technologies could cement the former in the pantheon of top-tier Western aerospace and defense suppliers and aftermarket providers.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Bruce N. Whitman, the chairman, president and CEO of FlightSafety International, died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Oct. 10 after a brief period of failing health. He was 85.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Argonne National Laboratory is creating a center to evaluate potential UAS design options, including battery technologies and hybrid architectures.
Business Aviation

The Falcon 8X has been certified by EASA and the FAA for an enhanced flight vision system capability that gives operational credit for poor visibility approaches down to 100 ft, greatly improving access to airports in bad weather and significantly enhancing fleet efficiency.
Business Aviation

In its investigation into the loss of a PC-12 air ambulance in Texas, NTSB has recommended the NWS review its issuance of turbulence advisories.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has opened a sales and design center in Midtown Manhattan to serve one of the world’s busiest business aviation regions, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor, has acquired Wichita-based Aerostructures Acquisition, doing business as The Atlas Group.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor, has acquired Wichita-based Aerostructures Acquisition, doing business as The Atlas Group.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students verified the accuracy of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) signals at high altitude in research supporting the integration of rocket launches and suborbital spaceflights in the U.S. airspace system.
Business Aviation

By Victoria Moores
UK-based maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has rejected reports that it is facing a winding-up order.
Business Aviation

BCA presented the inaugural BCA Readership Awards to 10 people and organizations in 13 categories on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Mark Johnstone became CEO of Signature Flight Support on April 1. Johnstone, who joined BBA Aviation in 2008, also serves as CEO of BBA Aviation, Signature’s parent company.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Safran will be providing the turbine engine for startup Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric small regional aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
A new version of a small business jet concept called the Tadpole, with a teardrop-shaped fuselage that maximizes cabin volume while minimizing drag, has been wind-tunnel tested by Russian aerohydrodynamic research institute TsAGI
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Aura, a recently announced private air passenger service based in Miami, is offering what it describes as “a newly crafted flying experience."
Business Aviation

Latitude Technologies has announced that Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah, Georgia, has finalised STC certification of the Latitude DL150 Satellite Data Unit (SDU) for Gulfstream G450 and G550 series aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
General Electric is working with Jetoptera to demonstrate the startup’s fluidic propulsion system (FPS) for vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Air Plains Services is a small Kansas company with a big mission to keep older aircraft airworthy.
Business Aviation

By Victoria Moores, Graham Warwick
Virgin Atlantic Airways has completed the first commercial flight using a blend of biofuel produced from industrial waste gases.
Business Aviation