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Textron Aviation has delivered its first fully configured Hawker 400XPR. The aircraft was upgraded with new winglets, Williams International FJ-44 engines, a refurbished interior and a new paint scheme.

This past July, Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its 550th G550 ultra-long-range jet, making it the most successful model in the plane maker's history.

The Missile Defense Agency is in the market for two second-hand Gulfstream G550 business jets to replace its 1970s-vintage Gulfstream IIB test observation platforms.

Battery-powered-plane maker Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. recently announced plans for a four-place version of its Sun Flyer.

The number of U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop accidents, including fatalities, fell during the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same time a year ago.

Transactions of used business jets rose 5.6% during the first six months of 2017 compared to a year ago, although the jets are taking an average of 12 days longer to sell compared to last year, according to JetNet.

Hospital Wing, a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit air medical transport service, has taken delivery of a new Airbus H130 helicopter, joining three H130s already in service.

Bombardier delivered 36 business jets in the second quarter, down from 42 in 2016, the company reports.

A compliance issue that stopped air charter operators from adding certain Pilatus PC-12 single-engine aircraft to their certificates has been resolved, the National Air Transportation Association said.

SkyQuest International, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, recorded July aircraft sales of one Fokker 50, one Quest Kodiak 100 and one AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter.

July was a peak month for business aviation departures in Europe, with a total of 87,826 departures, a 2.5% increase from a year ago.

GlobeAir, a private jet on-demand operator, recorded a 53% increase in flights to London during the first five months of 2017 compared to a year ago.

Flying Colours installs the Rockwell Collins Future Airspace Navigation System 1/A and ADS-B Out equipment on a Canadian-registered Challenger 604.

It's back-to-school time and Textron Aviation is providing 15 Cessna Skyhawk 172 trainers and other new flight-training aircraft.

Engineered Propulsion Systems anticipates its Graflight Flat 8 diesel aero-engine will receive FAA certification by year-end.

Although ONE Aviation intends the Williams FJ33-powered Eclipse 700, now under development, to succeed the Eclipse 550, the company says the latter is still in production.

Russian Helicopters Holding Co., along with Iran Helicopters Support and Renewal Co., has finished testing the Ka-226T for usability at ambient temperatures up to +50C.

Business and general aviation operators should begin to plan now for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea because of expected high demand for on-ground services, Universal Weather and Aviation recommends.

Cirrus Aircraft reports deposits in hand for more than 600 of its Vision Jet single-engine aircraft, representing five years of production.

National Gay Pilots Association recently opened a chapter in Canada, boosting the organization to 13 chapters based there and in Britain and the U.S.

Honda Aircraft plans to increase production of the HondaJet at its Greensboro, North Carolina, manufacturing campus from 3-4 aircraft per month to a full capacity of 6-8 per month, or about 80 per year.

The worldwide small drone market is expected to grow from $6.76 billion in 2016 to $14.71 billion by 2023, according to Statistics MRC.