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Nextant breathes new life into Beechjets, Hawker 400XPs

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By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

October 6, 2008

Nextant Aerospace (Booth No. 771) its touting its 400NXT–serialized remanufactured Beechjets and Hawker 400XPs with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics, new Williams FJ44-3AP engines, several aerodynamic improvements and new interior and paint–as the “best value” in the light jet segment. In fact, the Richmond Heights, Ohio-based company said the modification is superior to the new Hawker 450XP, which was announced Sunday by Hawker Beechcraft as a new-production, improved variant of the Hawker 400XP.

According to Nextant CEO Kenn Ricci, the 400NXT program will transform Beechjets and Hawker 400XPs into modern, medium-range business twinjets priced for less than $5 million, including the airframe and a new interior. By replacing the Beechjet’s Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D engines with fadec-equipped Williams FJ44-3AP engines and incorporating a three- screen Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 suite (an option for a fourth screen is available), the NBAA IFR range of the 400NXT will be increased from the baseline airplane’s 1,464 nm to more than 2,000 nm (four passengers) while reducing operating costs by 27 percent. Aerodynamic improvements include redesigned engine pylons and new optimized nacelles.

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