Content Archive: September 2023

Environment

FAA Accepting Applications for Sustainability Grants

Nearly $300 million is available for FAA sustainability grants
(Photo: Pixabay)
ATC

Increasing Fake GPS Signals Near Iran Prompt FAA Alert

Ops Group has tracked at least 20 such spoofing incidents
Ops Group depiction of Embraer Legacy 650 off course after GPS spoofing (Image: Ops Group)
Maintenance and Modifications

CitationPartners is Breathing New Life into Older Cessna Citation Jets

The Citation Excel Eagle program gets you a like-new aircraft.
CitationPartners Citation Excel Eagle aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications

Yingling To Complete Second Expansion in 2023 by Year-end

Project increases the company’s facility space to 320,000 sq ft
New Yingling parts facility
Environment

Rolls-Royce Runs Pearl 700 on Hydrogen Fuel

The aero engines group has also tested a new small gas turbine intended for hybrid-electric powertrains
Rolls-Royce prepares to test hydrogen fuel burn with Pearl 700 engine
Safety

TBM Owners and Pilots Convention Breaks Records

Hundreds of attendees and TBM aircraft flocked to Colorado
TBMs lined up on ramp
ATC

Dyami: GPS Spoofing Raising Flags about Vulnerabilities

Training and risk assessments are key to responding to GPS spoofing
Op Group of fake GPS occurrences (Image: Ops Group)
ATC

Ops, Security Experts Alert of GPS Spoofing Near Iran

A dozen reports of GPS spoofing near Iran have surfaced
Ops Group maps the fake GPS occurrences (Image: Ops Group)
Avionics

Citation XLS+/XLS Gen2 Next in Line for G5000 Upgrade

Touchscreen controllers, emergency descent mode, and LPV approaches come with the upgrade
Garmin G5000 avionics upgrade Cessna Citation XLS+ and Gen2 jets
Aircraft

12th Mediterranean Business Aviation Conference Set for October

Athens will host annual MBA conference
Marathon Airlines