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Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Opens Mx, Pilot Workforce Development Grant Program

The FAA has opened an application process through March 22 for organizations seeking pilot or maintenance technician workforce development grants.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Metrojet Tackles Bizjet Mobile Install on Global 5000

Metrojet Hong King MRO completed the first installation of the Bizjet Mobile System on a Bombardier Global 5000.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

F/List Canada Receives Repair Station Approval

With the Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization certification, F/List Canada can expand its operations to include aftermarket refurbishment.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

General Atomics Advances SeaGuardian Systems

The SeaGuardian is the maritime surveillance version of the MQ-9B, capable of anti-submarine warfare.
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FutureFlight

Eviation Won't Confirm Reports of a Redesign for Its Alice Electric Aircraft

Eviation is due to start flight testing its nine-seat, all-electric, fixed-wing aircraft in 2021 and is aiming for type certification in 2023.
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FutureFlight

Artificial Intelligence Guards Against Unknown Cybersecurity Threats

The new DeepArmor cybersecurity system from SkyGrid and SparkCognition is now part of the AerialOS operating system for autonomous aircraft.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Consultant Takes a Reality Check on Advanced Air Mobility Contenders

SMG Consulting is ranking developers of aircraft and has also gazed into a crystal ball to discern what might happen in 2021.
Rotorcraft

Milestone, NHV Partner on Airbus H145s

New five-bladed Airbus H145s will suport Germany's Federal Armed Services training program.
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Avionics

FreeFlight Gains Approval for Datalink ADS-B Transceivers

FreeFlight's new ADS-B Datalink transceivers are now approved for installation in more than 400 airframe types.
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Aircraft

Jeffries: Bizjet Deliveries To Rise Marginally in 2021

Jeffries Equity Research’s 10th semi-annual business jet survey calls for 3.7 percent growth of new jet deliveries this year.
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Avionics

Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Certify 25-hour Voice Recorder

Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have developed a new series of 25-hour cockpit voice and flight data recorders.

MU-2 Advocate Earle Martin Flies West

Earle Martin, who died on December 3, became a strong champion of the MU-2 after acquiring Mid-Coast Air Charter, and along with it, the turboprop twin.
Regulations and Government

U.S. DOT To Assess FAA’s Pilot Psychological Testing

The U.S. DOT Inspector General is now conducting an audit to assess the FAA’s procedures for evaluating the psychological health of commercial pilots.
Maintenance and Modifications

Safran's Cassiopée FDM Now Available for Select CJ4s

Safran Electronics & Defense’s Cassiopée flight data monitoring system supports more than 300 global airline, business aviation, and helicopter operators.
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Aircraft

Boeing Inks Firm Order for Six 737-800 Converted Freighters

A deal covering a firm order for six 737-800BCFs and options on another six raises San Francisco-based BBAM’s commitment total to 15.
Accidents

NTSB: Winds Triggered 2018 Helitour Fatal

The NTSB has issued its final report on the 2018 Grand Canyon helitour crash.
Charter & Fractional

ACS Offers 2021 Predictions for Charter Industry

This year will mark the return of the business traveler, global broker Air Charter Services predicts.
FBOs

Luxaviation Certified under FlySkills Hygiene Standard

Global aviation services provider Luxaviation Group has received FlySkills Hygiene Certification under a set of defined health safety standards.
Airlines

IATA Urges Adoption of Vaccine Certificates for Travelers

A proposal by Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a digital vaccine certificate to allow free movement has gained IATA's endorsement.
Accidents

Pilot To Be Sentenced after Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter

Andrew Rene Hernandez, 22, could receive up to one year in federal prison.

U.S. Helicopters Founder Cress Horne Dies at 61

Cress Horne, who died December 18, became a noted aerial director, pilot, and technical director of films with credits including The Fugitive and Nell.
Accidents

Irkut MC-21 Suffers Runway Overrun

MC-21-300 prototype 73051 ended a one-engine-out breaking test stuck in heavy snow.
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Aircraft

Transport Canada To Lift Boeing 737 Max Ban on January 20

Canada’s civil aviation authority has concluded its review of the Boeing 737 Max.
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Aircraft

Honda Aircraft Starts Wing Making in New Facility

Honda Aircraft's new Greensboro, North Carolina, wing-manufacturing facility will improve manufacturing efficiency for the HondaJet.
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Argus: U.S. Bizav Flying Falls 14% in December

While the U.S. business aviation activity was boosted by a strong holiday season, it still finished 14.3 percent below the previous December’s tally.
Regulations and Government

Industry Raises Intl Testing Questions To CDC, FAA

While guidance is still necessary covering locations where Covid testing is unavailable, the CDC is working to address questions about its testing order.
Rotorcraft

Twin-engine Helo Sales Mixed in Fourth Quarter

Aero Asset’s quarterly Helicopter Market Trends report said sales were up from the third quarter of 2020 but lower than the fourth quarter of 2019.
Regulations and Government

FAA Rolls Out Single Repository for Guidance

Welcomed by industry, the FAA's new Dynamic Regulatory System is housing more than 2 million regulatory guidance documents in a single location.
Rotorcraft

Several OEMs Passing on Heli-Expo Show

Companies including Bell, Metro Aviation pull out of this year's Heli-Expo.
Aircraft

California Charter Firm Expands Fleet with Citation Xs

Premier Air Charter has acquired the leases of four Cessna Citation Xs and looks to add more Bombardier Challengers.
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