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IS&S seeks Citation panel STC

Innovative Solutions & Support is preparing to submit the FAA paperwork necessary to secure a supplemental type certificate allowing installations of the E
Avionics

Primus Epic updates due for release soon

Honeywell is closing in on certification for a host of long-awaited avionics upgrades intended to expand the capabilities of many Gulfstream and Dassault b
Avionics

CMC stands by five-year timeline for FronTier

CMC Electronics expects the first applications of its FronTier range of integrated cockpit systems to enter service before the end of 2013.
Avionics

Jet Aviation Adds P-Rnav to Citation

Jet Aviation’s Zurich maintenance center has installed a precision area navigation system (P-Rnav) in a Cessna Citation III, a first for the model.
Avionics

Gulfstream Receives ADS-C Approval

The FAA has granted Gulfstream authorization to use automatic dependent surveillance-contract (ADS-C) for oceanic and remote-area waypoint reporting.
Avionics

ICG Introduces Iridium Data Unit

International Communications Group has introduced an Iridium-based data transceiver designed for sending and receiving Acars (aircraft reporting and receiv
Avionics

West Star Brings Waas to Lear 60

West Star Aviation recently installed dual Waas-capable Universal UNS-1Ew flight management systems in a Learjet 60.
Avionics

Duncan Adds Waas FMS to Learjet 45

Duncan Aviation recently delivered its first Learjet 45 with Waas LPV certification by installing dual UNS-1Ew FMS units.
Aircraft

In the works: Embraer – Phenom 300

Embraer’s Phenom 300 midsize jet is proceeding toward FAA and Brazilian approval on schedule by year-end.
Aircraft

In the works: Epic Aircraft – Escape

Epic Aircraft’s Escape all-composite turboprop single flew for the first time on April 9.
Aircraft

In the works: Daher-Socata – NTx

Sometime in the next year or so, Daher-Socata is expected to announce the formal launch of a new eight- to 10-seat twin-engine turboprop or jet.
Aircraft

In the works: Farnborough Aircraft – Kestrel

New owners have taken over the insolvent Kestrel program and plan to bring the single-engine all-composite turboprop through to certification.
Aircraft

In the works: Spectrum Aeronautical S.40 Freedom

The FAA has issued a number of special conditions needed for Spectrum Aeronautical’s all-composite S.40 Freedom twinjet to achieve type certification.
Aircraft

In the works: Honda Aircraft – HondaJet

Honda Aircraft has announced a delay in first flight of the conforming prototype HondaJet and projected first customer delivery.
Rotorcraft

International charter alliance kicks off

The new Global Executive Helicopter Network (GEHN) began operations on May 1 as a transatlantic alliance of helicopter charter providers.
Rotorcraft

Bell 429 Certification Nears

FAA and Transport Canada certification of Bell’s new 429 light twin could come as early as this month.
Regulations and Government

Part 135 CRM may be mandatory

The FAA has released a proposal to require crew resource management (CRM) training for all Part 135 certificate holders’ pilots and flight attendants.
Regulations and Government

Industry seeks input on TSA’s onerous airport badge rules

With an effective deadline of June 1 looming, five trade associations sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking her to withdraw
Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS Closes at MSP

General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) plans to shutter its facility located at Minneapolis-St.
Aircraft

Embraer Delivers First Lineage 1000

Embraer delivered the first Lineage 1000 on May 8 to His Excellency Aamer Abdul Jalil Al Fahim of Abu Dhabi.
Aircraft

Tarom Takes its First ATR 72-500

Romanian flag carrier Tarom took delivery of its first ATR 72-500 last month under the terms of a $37 million contract it signed last year for two of the t
Maintenance and Modifications

EADS, mas to create regional MRO

EADS, mas to create regional MRO MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System (MAS), and EADS SECA, a Pratt & Whi
Safety

Legislation targets HEMS safety record

While the FAA develops new rules to improve the safety of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS), the ranking Republicans on the House Transportation
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintained in the USA? Aviation’s scary little secret

So here’s a pop quiz (true or false) for all you aviation enthusiasts: 1. All employees in safety-sensitive positions at U.S.
Rotorcraft

Bell’s Profits Surge

Despite plummeting revenues and profits at parent company Textron, Bell Helicopter posted significantly improved first-quarter results compared with the sa
Rotorcraft

Bristow Acquires More S-300s

Sikorsky Global Helicopters has delivered six more S-300CBi trainers to Bristow Academy’s existing fleet of 48 of the models.
Rotorcraft

Columbia Chinook Fights Mexico Fires

Columbia Helicopters has dispatched one of its Boeing 234 Chinook tandem-rotor helicopters to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to assist with wildfire suppressio
Rotorcraft

Swiss Rescue Organization Posts Record Activity

 Rega, the Swiss not-for-profit air rescue organization, last year for the first time surpassed 10,000 annual helicopter missions, at 10,425.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sikorsky Opens Korean Parts Depot

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has opened a regional parts facility with Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) at the Gimpo Aerospace Complex in Gimpo City, Gyong
Rotorcraft

Italy’s Esperia Orders AgustaWestland Twin

Esperia Aviation Services, based at Rome Urbe downtown airport, has ordered one AgustaWestland AW109E Grand.