The FAA is proposing a $3.685 million civil penalty against NavWorx of Rowlett, Texas, for allegedly producing and selling automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) units containing a GPS chip that did not meet FAA requirements.
A judge in a legal fight between Cobham’s Aeroflex unit and Tel-Instrument, a designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement offerings, has awarded Aeroflex an additional $2.1 million in punitive damages.
Malaysian private aviation company Sapura Aero has taken delivery of an MD Helicopters MD 600N, the first helicopter without a tail rotor to be operated in Southeast Asia.
The requirements scrub ended in November 2016, months before President Donald Trump took office, but he did help negotiate cost of the 747-8 airframes.
Astronautics has completed the preliminary design review for its new connectivity platform for Airbus Helicopters, the Astronautics Air Ground Communications System for Airbus Helicopters.
Embraer deliveries of executive jets have declined in 2017, and while the market is not growing, the company is positioned for market improvements, the company said on a conference call Oct. 27.
In this week's Washington Outlook: Those preparing to broaden access to space want relief from broadband spectrum rules, an easier path to launches and help keeping low Earth orbit safe.
The Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) has launched a new chapter in the Philippines to support members and the industry in the region. Airports in the Philippines are congested, and business and general aviation must share limited slots with commercial airlines, the association said. The energy, mineral and tourism industries need a dedicated airport with full service fixed-base operators (FBO) and complete maintenance facilities at international standards.
NASA is preparing to test a redesigned lithium-ion battery module for its first electric propulsion demonstrator, the X-57 Maxwell, as it moves toward a maiden flight planned for early in 2018.
Flight activity by business aircraft during the third quarter rose to its highest level since the economic downturn of 2008, according to Jet Support Services (JSSI).
Gulfstream Aerospace delivered 30 aircraft during the third quarter, up by one from a year ago, and is on track to deliver about 120 aircraft this year, the company said during a conference call with analysts Oct. 25.
Illegal charter operations are a growing problem in the industry, and more must be done to address that, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said during an FAA General Aviation Safety Summit.
Unfortunately, only two-thirds of the rebates offered by the FAA during its year-long automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) rebate program were reserved before the program’s end in September, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said Oct. 24 at the General Aviation Safety Summit.
Jet Support Services (JSSI) has released its latest Business Aviation Index for the third quarter of 2017. According to the index, which tracks utilisation of approximately 2,000 business aircraft worldwide, average flight hours have reached levels not seen since the economic downturn of 2008.
Air Culinaire Worldwide and Universal Private Transportation have announced a fusion of technologies with aviation services provider RocketRoute Marketplace.
ONE Aviation, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has cut its work force as it phases out production of the Eclipse 550 very light jet to transition to the development of the Eclipse 700, known as Project Canada, the company said.
