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FAA Grants EVS Installation STC for Citations

Max-Viz said it has gained an STC permitting installations of the company’s EVS-1000 infrared enhanced-vision system series in the Cessna Citation 500 thro
ATC

China Plans First Civil ADS-B Trials

China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau has selected Sensis to deploy automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) equipment at two airports in central

Bombardier Increases CRJ Production Rate

Bombardier has decided to further increase production of its CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets to one aircraft every three days, the company announced today
Avionics

Pro Line Fusion Selected for Japanese Regional Jet

Rockwell Collins last month said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has selected the company’s Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system for the Mitsubishi Regio
Avionics

Honeywell Joins Euro Tech Projects

Honeywell last month announced it has joined two European technology research programs, one intended to improve air traffic flow management across the cont
Avionics

Garmin Notches First G1000 STC

Garmin last month said it has gained its first STC covering installation of a retrofit version of the G1000 avionics system.
Avionics

Wi-Fi-ready BlackBerry links through data satcom

BlackBerry-starved executives who go into cold sweats anytime they have to shut off their devices take heart.
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Regulations and Government

U.S. opts not to require 406 ELTs

Most pilots by now have heard about the plan to end satellite monitoring of emergency locator transmitter (ELT) distress signals broadcast over 121.5- and
Avionics

Collins’ multiscan radar coming to business jets

More than 100 airlines have selected Rockwell Collins’ multiscan airborne weather radar, billed as the first such system to offer fully automated, “hands-f
Avionics

Thales shifts focus to retrofit market

After spending the last several years struggling to make inroads into the business aviation market, particularly in North America against the likes of Hone

Airplane to show value of solar power

Bertrand Piccard, initiator of the Solar Impulse program, which is calling for a flight around the world with an aircraft powered exclusively by solar ener
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Executive conversions breathe new life into aging CRJ200s

In an industry faced with escalating prices and increasingly long lead times for aircraft deliveries, Project Phoenix has joined a growing number of compan

Mitsubishi To Build Boeing 737 Flaps in Vietnam

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yesterday said it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary to produce commercial aircraft components in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Cessna Buys Columbia Aircraft for $26.4M

Cessna Aircraft broadened its single-engine aircraft line yesterday after the company submitted the winning $26.4 million bid for bankrupt Columbia Aircraf
Aircraft

In The Works: Bombardier Learjet NXT

New on the In The Works list this month is Bombardier’s latest midsize jet, the Learjet NXT.
Aircraft

In The Works: Aviation Technology Group Javelin

ATG’s Javelin program has entered a challenging period, a time when the company is ready to move forward with the program but does not have the resources t
Aircraft

In The Works: Grob Aerospace SPn

Grob Aerospace chief test pilot Tore Reimers and test pilot Peter Weger made the first flight in the number three SPn carbon-fiber light jet on October 29.
Aircraft

Adam makes over VLJ interior

Customer feedback has prompted Adam Aircraft to redesign the cabin of its A700 very light jet to incorporate a combination of luxury automobile features wi
FBOs

Luton FBOs plan facility expansions

Both FBOs at London Luton Airport are making plans to expand their facilities.

CNS/ATM environment too dependent on GPS

Former FAA Administrator Langhorne Bond voiced concerns about the “notorious” doctrine of sole-means GPS dependency before international attendees at the U
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft opens shop in Mexico

Hawker Beechcraft opened its new sheet metal assembly facility in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Dubai Airshow 2007 Report

Anyone with even a superficial knowledge of the stratospheric ambitions of the Middle East air transport sector generally, and mind-boggling wealth of the
Charter & Fractional

AIN Interview: TAG Group president addresses AMI certificate action

Mansour Ojjeh and his brother Aziz are principals of Luxembourg-based TAG Group Holdings, which they inherited from their father, Akram Ojjeh, upon his dea

Bizjet Sales Spawn More Hiring at Cessna

A Cessna spokeswoman confirmed that the company plans to add 1,500 jobs next year, mostly in Wichita, largely due to growing sales of its Citation business
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Pilots Raising the Bar Yet Again

The NetJets Aviation (NJA) pilots, represented by IBT Local 1108, are currently voting on an “interest-based bargaining” proposal that was struck between m
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation To Open Moscow Maintenance Facility

Jet Aviation yesterday signed an agreement with Vnukovo Invest that will allow the Swiss-based aviation company to provide maintenance services at Moscow V
Avionics

Cobham Buying S-Tec for $38 Million

UK aerospace and defense firm Cobham yesterday announced an agreement to purchase autopilot maker S-Tec from Meggitt for $38 million.
Aircraft

The VLJ Effect

We’re now in year two of the great “onslaught” of the very light jet, and soon these small two- and one-engine turbine-powered airplanes will be “darkening

London City Airport to launch homegrown FBO

London City Airport (LCY) has decided to go it alone with the development of a new business aviation facility, having failed to reach agreement with any of