Business Aviation

Hybrid engines and augmented reality cockpits shape Bell’s vision for the helicopter of the future.

Findings in a new study spurred a revamping of the safety advocate’s long-held stable approach criteria and guidance for when a go-around is prudent.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is working on a new 2,000 shp-class helicopter engine that could be ready for market by year’s end.

Sikorsky has delivered a S-70i International Black Hawk to Turkish defense electronics firm Aselsan in the first phase of the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program.

The third and final PC-24 prototype made its first flight March 6 and enters the flight test program.

Citing the rapid progress in electric propulsion, Airbus is now working on a larger and more powerful aircraft, dubbed E-Fan X, that could fly within three years.

Honeywell says helicopter deliveries dropped 20% in 2016 compared to 2015, reflecting the challenging market faced by the industry.

Bombardier Aerospace’s second Global 7000 flight-test vehicle, nicknamed “The Powerhouse,” completed its initial flight March 4.

Leonardo tests Gurney flap; Robinson eyes diesel helo; UK extends unmanned helo trials; ArcticShark flies in Oregon.

National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman Robert L. Sumwalt tells BCA about two of the accidents most troubling to him and why he believes the Board does not need regulatory authority.

Helicopters were involved in 106 accidents in the U.S. in 2016, down from 121 in 2015, a 12% decrease. Fatal accidents remained the same at 17.

The world’s largest helicopter show, HAI Heli-Expo, is expected to set records for attendance and exhibitors when it opens March 6, organizers say. The Expo expects more than 20,000 attendees and more than 700 exhibitors in 1 million sq. ft. of meeting and exhibit space. More than 60 aircraft will be on static display.

According to Rockwell Collins, it has become the first company in the world to achieve Counterfeit Avoidance Accreditation Program (CAAP)

Northrop Grumman has submitted its Gulfstream G550-based proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s J-Stars recap.

Following a merger with MedTrans Corp., the former EagleMed air medical transport in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, has been renamed First Flight.

Clean Sky Tiltrotor will feature tilt wing to boost payload capability, eliminate complexity involved in tilting engines.

Private membership Wheels Up was accorded 2016’s Business Aviation Laureate for expanding the use of business aviation beyond a small, select group.

The companies jointly reintroduced the intuitiveness of flight controls by integrating electronically coupled sidesticks on the G500 and G600 business jets.

Bell is turning the more than 400 letters of intent received for the Safran Arrius 2R-powered Model 505 JetRanger X into orders.

Marenco Swisshelicopter investing heavily to be ready for production of single-engine, 2.6-metric-ton SKYe SH09 light helicopter in 2018.

Northrop Grumman has submitted its Gulfstream G550-based proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s J-Stars recap.

Pilatus Aircraft has registered its third PC-24 flight-test aircraft in Switzerland with the tail number HB-VSA, as work continues on the development of the mid-light business jet.

Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier has years to go on its turnaround plan, but the company is far enough along to begin thinking of its next new aircraft, CEO and President Alain Bellemare told an industry conference March 2.

Charter flights rose 11% in January compared to a year ago, while non-charter activity, such as military, freight and general aviation, were roughly unchanged, according to the UBS Business Jet Update.

Textron Aviation has selected Doreen Welsh, one of the crewmembers on board the “Miracle on the Hudson” flight, as the keynote speaker during its annual customer conference in April.