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Content Archive: July 2026

Engines

MagniX Opens Order Book for MagniAIR Electric Engine

Buyers can place a deposit for delivery in 2027
MagniAIR electric engine
Avionics

Landing Gear Awareness Displays on iFly EFB App

Sensors send information to tablet, adding another layer of awareness
iFly EFB's landing gear position-indicating system
Maintenance and Modifications

Hartzell Adds Frontier and Navigator Top Prop STCs

New propellers available on Cessna 180 Skywagons and Beechcraft A36s
Hartzell Frontier propeller on Cessna 180 airplane
Aircraft

SMBC Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max To Open Farnborough

SBMC owns, manages, and has committed to 450 Max jets
SMBC order Boeing 737
Training and Workforce

Redbird Updates G1000 Sim Software and Instrument Panel

Goal is to emulate flight school training airplane avionics for more accurate simulation
Redbird Flight airplane flight simulator
Maintenance and Modifications

Blackhawk Group Launches New Propeller Solutions Group

Consolidates activities under Chip Kiehn, new v-p of propeller programs
The Blackhawk Group Piper Meridian deice boot
Regulations and Government

U.S. Senate Exploring Next $10B in Funding for ATC

Sen. Moran cited supplemental appropriations as a possible vehicle
U.S. delegation FIA
Engines

P&WC Bridgeport Wins $1B T-6 Engine Overhaul Contract

V2X awarded the contract, continuing a longstanding relationship
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Archer and Anduril Join Hybrid Defense Drone Chase

Autonomous Thunder aircraft unveiled on first day of Farnborough airshow
Anduril Archer Thunder
Rotorcraft

Luxaviation’s Sigma To Operate Vertical’s Valo eVTOL

Operator will help ready the Valo for real-world service
Sigma Air Mobility