Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Gulfstream isn’t shy about saying that the new wide-cabin G650 will not forever be the upper echelon of the Savannah, Ga.-based company’s aircraft line. “We are already working on product development beyond the G250 and G650; that’s not the end of the line,” Jay Johnson, president and CEO of Gulfstream parent General Dynamics, said last month. Recent U.S. trademark filings by Gulfstream and its various ongoing research and development programs in key aerospace technology areas provide a clue as to what might be in the company’s future line-up. Gulfstream’s recent trademark filings for the G700, G750, G760 and G770, as well as the G800, G850, G860 and G870, raise some eyebrows. One has to wonder what technology these aircraft will incorporate from the manufacturer’s known R&amp;D projects and if either will be supersonic. Asked about the new G700-series and G800-series models at the G650 rollout late last month, Gulfstream president Joe Lombardo and senior vice president of programs, engineering and test Pres Henne acknowledged that the company is actively working on new aircraft models beyond the G250 and G650. “However,” Lombardo said, “don’t assume that these aircraft are larger or faster than the G650.” Henne added, “The model numbers don’t matter. Don’t read too much into these model numbers.”

What’s Flying in the Heads of Gulfstream Engineers?

Gulfstream isn’t shy about saying that the new wide-cabin G650 will not forever be the upper echelon of the Savannah, Ga.-based company’s aircraft line.

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