Rolls-Royce has completed flight testing of the Pearl 10X engine it is developing for the Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X business jet after a six-month campaign.
Older aircraft retirements and sales and newly available midsize and heavy jet models are among factors behind the forecast growth in large business aircraft.
TEXTRON AVIATION finalized new contract with IAM, ending strike; new 5-year deal includes 31% general wage increase, guaranteed $3,000 annual lump sum payments, and assurance to maintain major manufacturing operations in Wichita.
AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE GROUP (APG) secured RTCA/DO-200B certification for quality in processing aeronautical data; it also upgraded iPreFlight Genesis PRO flight planning solution, simplifying critical pre-flight tasks into single solution.
JETNET unveiled WINGX Global Insight Professional daily global business aviation flight activity data solution (tracks flight numbers, fleet sizes, fuel volumes, and arrivals and departures by the hour) for identifying latest market trends.
FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS, TX has developed upgrade to its dual-band ADS-B solution with integration of TCAS II. It also announced software upgrade for 1203C SBAS/GNSS Receiver to now include advanced spoofing recovery capabilities.
BOMBARDIER began manufacturing structural components for the first Global 8000 production aircraft at facilities in Canada (Saint-Laurent, PQ), US (Red Oak, TX), and Mexico (Querétaro); aircraft is expected to enter service in 2H25.
EMBRAER delivered 41 business jets (22 Phenoms/19 Praetors) in 3Q24 vs 28 (19 Phenoms/nine Praetors) in 3Q23; its executive aviation backlog reached US$4.4b during quarter, which is 3% higher annually, but 4% lower sequentially.
HONEYWELL forecasts delivery of 8,500 new business jets worth $280b over next 10 years (vs 8,500 worth $278b a year ago); new business jet deliveries in 2025 are expected to be up 12% vs 2024. Its survey revealed ongoing plans by business jet OEMs to ramp up production in response to strong backlogs and stable book-to-bill ratios through 2024.
Blackhawk’s Pilatus PC-12 upgrade is now available as a comprehensive package, which includes an upgrade to Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC) PT6A-67P engine.
On the eve of NBAA-BACE, Textron Aviation has announced the next generation of light jets, including the Cessna Citation M2 Gen3, CJ3 Gen3 and CJ4 Gen3.
