Business Aviation

Kopter already has two years of production slots filled and holds 120 letters of intent.

Substantial progress is being made in using fly-by-wire controls to mitigate issues that caused a 2016 accident.

Duncan Aviation’s helicopter component repair services business rose 80% in 2017 and the growth is expected to continue through 2018, the company said.

The Saras light transport aircraft has completed its second test flight in two months, rekindling hopes of a revival of India's civil aircraft program.

Bell Helicopter has dropped the term “Helicopter” from its name in a radical rebranding.

Nextant Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the USAF to serve as a subcontractor to Field Aerospace on the T-1A Avionics Modernization Program.

Nextant Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the USAF to serve as a subcontractor to Field Aerospace on the T-1A Avionics Modernization Program.

The Trump administration rolled out a fiscal 2019 federal budget on Feb. 12 that seeks $16.1 billion for the FAA.

A top Gulfstream Aerospace executive will not be drawn into whether the company is planning a new aircraft beyond its flight-tested G500 and G600.

The Flight Safety Foundation is calling on the ICAO to expedite the development of global standards for regulating small drones.

As the USAF launches a new program to replace the B-52H's TF33 engines, turbofan manufacturers are getting serious about their propulsion system offerings.

As the USAF launches a new program to replace the B-52H's TF33 engines, turbofan manufacturers are getting serious about their propulsion system offerings.

General and business aviation aircraft deliveries rose 2.5% in 2017 compared to a year ago, although billings declined 4.2%, according to GAMA.

LoPresti Aviation's “BoomBeam” high-intensity discharge lighting is “a work in progress” and "an evolving technology," VP of Sales David LoPresti says.

India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is ready to transfer the tech of its Dhruv helicopter to a local private manufacturer for commercial production.

Leonardo has pushed back the timeline for the certification of its AW609 commercial tiltrotor by another year in a bid to further mature the aircraft.

As the government prepares to privatize Paris’s airports, the broader French airport sector is working out how to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment.

A look inside NASA’s fiscal 2019 aeronautics budget: low-boom supersonics; electric propulsion; urban air mobility.

Authorities closed London City Airport and canceled all flights Feb. 12 following the discovery the previous day of an unexploded World War II-era bomb in the nearby Thames River.

Embattled British provider GKN fleshed out more of its proposed corporate restructuring and turnaround plan on Feb. 14, including improving "core" aerospace businesses, growing engine work, developing additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives, and "fixing" aerostructures operations in Alabama that still might be divested.

The move was expected and cements Adamczyk’s takeover after Cote’s long reign.

Rolls-Royce North America CEO Marion Blakey will leave her position at the end of June, the company announced Feb. 15.

Bruno Even, 49, who has run Safran’s helicopter engine business since 2015, will take over from Guillaume Faury, the company announced Feb. 14.

Piper’s order backlog extends well into 2019 and has resulted in a 25% increase in its workforce, it said.

Last year’s attendance totaled 17,778, exceeding 2016 figures by nearly 4,000. About 20,000 people are expected at this year’s show, set for Feb. 26-March 1