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The Weekly of Business Aviation, included with your AWIN membership, delivers critical business intelligence to keep business aviation leaders, including decisions makers from airframe manufacturers, suppliers, corporate flight departments, charter operators, FBOs, informed of the latest industry development – and the impact on business. Delivered each week directly to your inbox, each edition includes expert insight, analysis and data intelligence covering the business of business aviation so you can easily monitor the market and find new opportunities to grow your business.

 

 

By Bill Carey
The U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Indra Group announced a $342 million contract under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Automation features for low pilot workload and extra safety are central to the Airbus ACH160 design philosophy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Otto Aerospace’s slotted natural laminar flow wing is the secret sauce in the Phantom 3500 concept, but what is it, and how does it work?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
An advocacy group is surprised by the recent expansion of the FCC's Covered List of prohibited equipment and services to include all foreign-made drones.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is proposing a retrofit plan to ensure radio altimeters function as expected after new wireless spectrum is sold off and activated in the coming years
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has accepted the first of two flight simulators developed in partnership with CAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet over the holidays to longtime Citation owners Dave Mecartney and Shannon Day.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) plans to become a rotorcraft operator with the takeover of Belgium-based NHV Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business leaders from across a variety of segments within the business aviation industry weigh in on what they predict will be in store for 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
As 2025 came to a close, Textron Aviation delivered the first Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jets to a retail customer, the company announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
LIG Nex1 will develop an electronic warfare aircraft for South Korea's air force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of the commercial version of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Gogo said it has completed flight testing and is prepared to launch its new 5G air-to-ground network in the contiguous U.S. and southern Canada in January.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
As 2026 dawns, business aviation leaders across a variety of segments within the industry give their predictions for what they think 2026 has in store.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Cutter Aviation is expanding its charter business from the U.S. southwest to the Rocky Mountains region.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
In Q4 2025, Wheels Up acquired or entered into agreements for Challenger and Phenom business jets, with plans to continue to expand those fleets.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
FlyHouse has completed its acquisition of Sun Air Jets, bringing with it the aircraft manager and charter operator’s assets, operations and personnel.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Steve Trimble
The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system in an emergency, which engaged and landed the aircraft on Dec. 20.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The market for crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as for maritime patrol, will reach $23 billion through 2034.
BCA

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell's aerospace segment will record a $470 million financial charge in Q4 2025 for Flexjet-related litigation payments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has rolled out the third and final VX4 full-scale engineering prototype for its planned Valo eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Safety investigators have not determined who was piloting the Cessna 550 Citation II that crashed Dec. 18 while attempting to land at KSVH in North Carolina.
Safety, Ops & Regulation