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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

JetZero to Build Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Production site to open 2026

JetZero

De Havilland Canada Advances Dash 8 Refurbishment Program

More than 40 airframes invested in already

DeHavilland Dash 8

Otto Secures $500 Million for Bizjet Production Plant

Plans calls for the light jet to fly in 2027

Otto Aviation's Phantom 3500 business jet

Skyward Express Adds Refurbished Dash 8 From DHC

Refurb deal supports fleet growth

De Havilland Canada

Bombardier Launches Global 8000 and Flirts with Supersonic Speeds

Bombardier Launches Global 8000 and Flirts with Supersonic Speeds

Business Aviation Builds Back Better at the EBACE Show

Business Aviation Builds Back Better at the EBACE Show

Flying with Garmin’s G5000 Avionics in a Cessna Citation XLS

Flying with Garmin’s G5000 Avionics in a Cessna Citation XLS

Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones

Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones

Textron Aviation Secures First SkyCourier Order from Africa

Company also displaying latest special-mission King Air at Paris Air Show

SkyCourier

ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada Partner on NextGen Engines

Plans could include new turboprops for ATR'S Evo concept

ATR ‘EVO’ concept

Eve Air Mobility Scores Firm Order for 50 eVTOLs with Brazil's Revo at Paris Air Show

Revo is an established urban air mobility using helicopters in Brazil.

Mockup of Eve eVTOL aircraft at Paris Air Show 2025

Inertial Labs Unveils Visual Nav for GPS-denied Flight

System is designed to maintain aircraft positioning accuracy

VINS

Gulfstream Delivers Milestone 300th G280

Super-midsize bizjet made its debut in 2012

Gulfstream G280 in flight

Airbus Kicks Off Paris Air Show With Order Bounty

Orders include firsts from LOT and AviLease

Airbus A350-1000 at Paris Air Show

CAE Expands Training Fleet with Pilatus PC-24 Sims

Move expands locations for pilot type-rating training

Training and Workforce

CAE

F-35 Upgrade Approaches Combat Capability

TR3 prepares the F-35 for major Block 4 upgrade

F-35

Gulfstream G700 Sets Speed Record on Way to Paris Show

Twinjet flew from San Francisco to Le Bourget in 9 hours 26 minutes

Scott Evans, Gulfstream director of demonstration and corporate flight operations

AIN Agrees To Acquire Leeham News & Analysis

Leeham News & Analysis provides expert analyses of the commercial aerospace sector

Wilson, Ruben, and LNA

GKN, Archer Expand UK Airframe Work

Collaboration supports eVTOL ramp-up

Archer Midnight

Collins Showcases Durable, Light and Green Aerostructures

A thermoplastic nacelle fan cowl is on display at the RTX chalet in Paris

NP2000 propeller

Republic Set To Evaluate Beta's Alia Electric Aircraft

Company’s CX300 airplane will open the Paris Air Show flying display

Beta Technologies Alia CX300

Pipistrel Displays Multirole Nuuva and Surveyor Aircraft

Second Nuuva V300 drone prototype is set to start flight testing

Pipstrel Nuuva V300

Bombardier Global 7500 Speeds to Paris With Another Record

Twinjet traveled from Montreal in 5 hours 30 minutes

Global 7500

Aura Aero Pre-orders Top 650

Six new customers join program

Aura Aero ERA Hybrid-electric Regional Airliner