Textron Aviation

The NTSB board on Jan. 2 issued five urgent recommendations to Textron Aviation.

Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet over the holidays to longtime Citation owners Dave Mecartney and Shannon Day.

As 2025 came to a close, Textron Aviation delivered the first Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jets to a retail customer, the company announced.

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.

Textron Aviation Defense has finalized its first contract to deliver two Beechcraft T-6JP Texan II trainers to Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force.

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.

A few key factors from 2025 are strong indicators for business aviation’s performance in 2026.

Pipistrel is the first organization to receive Aerocivil’s Colombian Regulation-Very Light Aircraft (RAC-VLA) type certification, the company says.

Textron Aviation is ending production of its iconic Beechcraft Baron G58 and Beechcraft Bonanza G36 once its current order backlog is filled.

Textron announced Oct. 28 that Danny Maldonado has been named president and CEO of its Bell business segment, effective Jan. 4, 2026.

Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.

Scott Donnelly, who has long held the role of president and CEO of Textron, plans to retire effective Jan. 4, 2026.

Textron Aviation delivered 42 business jets during the third quarter of 2025, up one from the same period a year ago, and 39 commercial turboprops.

Textron has eliminated its Textron eAviation innovation-focused subsidiary in a corporate reorganization.

Aviation Week's Lee Ann Shay speaks with Textron President and CEO Ron Draper about the company's bi-annual Special Olympics Airlift.

Textron Aviation has been awarded FAA certification for two aircraft: its Citation CJ3 Gen 2 and Citation M2 Gen2 with Garmin autothrottle, the company announced during NBAA-BACE 2025.

Two companies have unveiled starkly different approaches to meeting the U.S. Army’s pending requirement for a Low-Altitude Stalk and Strike Ordnance system.

Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jet arrived in Las Vegas Oct. 13, making its global debut at NBAA-BACE 2025.

Textron Aviation announced the availability of Starlink inflight connectivity on the Cessna Citation Longitude, its largest business jet.

Textron Aviation is “carefully working” to increase production to meet growing demand, company officials say.

The government of Peru has expanded its emergency response fleet with the addition of a second Beechcraft King Air 360C air ambulance.

GlobeAir, the Austrian-headquartered charter provider, has decided to add the Citation M2 to the world’s largest Citation Mustang fleet.

Textron Aviation has received FAA certification for new features on the Garmin G5000 avionics suite for the Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet.

Textron Aviation’s iconic four-seat, single-engine Cessna 182 Skylane has turned 70.

Textron Aviation is adding Starlink high-speed internet connectivity on its Cessna Citation Latitude.