Business Aviation

Cadence Aerospace will acquire Wichita-based Perfekta.

CPI Aerostructures has signed a long-term contract with Honda Aircraft Co. to build the noise-attenuating engine inlet for the HondaJet Elite business jet.

The Japanese defense ministry has penciled in the purchase of naval intelligence-gathering aircraft for the five-year defense program that will begin next year.

ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, is opening a new FBO facility in the Seychelles.

Business aircraft flight activity in North America slipped during June in what was the first decrease of the year, according to Argus International.

The FAA is lagging in resolving security risks that could affect the availability of data communications linking pilots and controllers, the U.S. Transportation Department IG reports.

Bombardier Business Aircraft is offering a Rockwell Collins Head-Up Display and Enhanced Vision System as an option on Challenger 350 super midsized business jets.

Supersonic airliner developer Boom Technologies has narrowed down the choice of candidate engines to derivatives of existing low-bypass-ratio turbofans.

FAA has completed just under half of the initiatives it agreed to following a June 2015 “call to action” forum focused on preventing runway incursions, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) Inspector General (IG) said.

The significant increase in flight hours required to become a U.S. airline pilot—mandated by Congress in 2010 and cemented into regulation by FAA in 2013—has had the “side effect” of “reducing the number of pilots” and should be revisited by Congress, said Elaine Chao, the U.S. transportation secretary.

F. LIST Canada has opened its new business and private aircraft interiors production facility in Laval, Canada.

Norwegian H225 crash probers are urging that Airbus revise the design of the helicopter’s main gearbox to improve its “robustness, reliability and safety.”

Private air service provider Surf Air has filed a counterclaim to a lawsuit filed by Encompass Aviation saying that Encompass demanded payments far in excess of proposed contract rates, among other claims.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders has accused the British government of having “no clue, or no consensus” on how to achieve Brexit without severe harm.

Britain’s aviation industry could be left in a state of near paralysis in the event of a hard Brexit, UK aerospace trade association ADS has warned.

FAA has published a final policy describing criteria for canceling certain standard instrument approach procedures (IAP).

Textron Aviation could deliver as many as 185 aircraft in 2018, up from 180 in 2017, Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu predicts.

Following months of negotiations, Boeing and Embraer have signed an MOU to set up a joint venture (JV) comprising Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services business.

HNA Group co-founder and co-chairman Wang Jian has died after an accident in France, the company says.

Mark Burns joined Gulfstream Aerospace as a computer-aided design operator 35 years ago. Burns is now president of Gulfstream and VP of parent General Dynamics.

JAXA and Japanese industry have formed a consortium to develop tech for electrifying aircraft and incubate initiatives to grow the country’s aviation sector.

Quiet Technology Aerospace has received EASA supplemental type certificate approvals for upgraded carbon fiber inlet cowl inner barrels for four business jets.

Embraer announces that Sahara Africa Aviation, Africa’s provider of end to end aviation services, has signed a multi-year Pool Programme Agreement for spare parts and support covering more than 500 components for their two recently acquired Embraer ERJ 145 jets.

Two members of Congress criticized the FAA for failing to implement mandatory drug and alcohol testing for workers at foreign aircraft repair stations.

Wijet Holding Luxembourg, which operates an air taxi service in Europe,is giving up its British Airline Operator Certificate obtained through buying Blink Limited.