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NTSB Addresses Alcohol-Related Incidents

In response to “a number of accidents” in which the pilots had omitted or lied about substance/alcohol dependency during medical evaluations, the NTSB is r
Regulations and Government

ATC Complaints Spur FAA To Issue Eclipse Pitot AD

As Eclipse Aviation awaits FAA approval of a new-design pitot/angle-of-attack probe to prevent a freezing problem that occurred during three test flights,
ATC

Development Begins on Single European Sky Program

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the early development phase of the Single European Sky Iris program, a research initiative designed to improve
Aircraft

Orsi wants to speed up BA609 program

“Why don’t my Bell colleagues take this question?” AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi suggested when asked why Bell would not accept his company’s additional
Aircraft

Saudi NAS buys four Falcon 2000LX bizjets

Saudi Arabia’s National Air Services (NAS) signed an agreement yesterday to buy four Dassault Falcon 2000LX business jets plus options for an additional 16
Aircraft

Embraer says airline deal could could net $1.26B

Embraer yesterday said it has signed a “preliminary commercial agreement” with a Brazilian airline for dozens of airliners in a deal potentially worth $1.4
Aircraft

Air France-KLM admits to previous Boeing 777, 737 order

The Air France-KLM Group revealed itself yesterday as the customer that placed a previous order for nine Boeing 777-300ERs and seven 737-700s.
Engines

Elisra highlights sensors and IR protection systems

The Elisra Group is showcasing a wide range of specialist products, from UAV sensors and IR protection systems to a new immune satellite navigation system
ATC

Northrop has GPS-aided stellar INS

Northrop Grumman delivered the first production LN-120G GPS-aided stellar-inertial navigation system to the U.S.
Engines

P&WC eyes successor to its PT6 family

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) continues to consider a possible new turboprop design that could provide a sufficient advance on the PT6, which throu
Regulations and Government

IRS Issues New NPRM for Private Aircraft Use

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) last week relating to the “deductions for entertainment use of business ai
Regulations and Government

FAA Joins EU in Targeting Emissions

As a sign of possible things to come for business aviation, the European Commission and the FAA announced on Monday a joint initiative to reduce aircraft e
Charter & Fractional

New Association Supports Air-taxi Endeavors

The Air Taxi Association was officially launched today as a way to bring together companies that operate principally VLJs on a per-seat, on-demand basis, t
Regulations and Government

FAA Research Bill Moving through Congress

As the FAA’s major programs such as NextGen make their way through initial planning and implementation, at least a few members of Congress feel that the ag
ATC

Issues abound in expansion of UAV missions

The number of unmanned air vehicles in our skies is growing fast, but there are many regulatory and doctrinal issues to resolve, before UAVs and their grou
Aircraft

Bombardier: NextGen RJ will have lower costs

Bombardier Aerospace is showing its CRJ900 NextGen regional-jet here in 76-seat guise and the uniform of Northwest Airlines subsidiary Mesaba Airlines less
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Aircraft

Use of winglets are growing on world airlines

Seattle, Washington-based Aviation Partners Boeing is racking up sales of its efficiency-enhancing Blended Winglets, with new orders from Air China and She
Aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft signs with Indian software firm

Hawker Beechcraft has signed a multi-year contract with Satyam Computer Services, India’s fourth-largest software exporter, to provide design and other ser
Aircraft

Next Gen V-22 Interface Units Nearing Flight Testing

GE Aviation’s Systems division expects to complete testing the interface units for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey some time in the next few weeks, after which
Aircraft

IS&S lands big Boeing retrofit deal

Be sure to glance left the next time you step aboard an American Airlines Boeing 757 or 767.
Aircraft

Sukhoi draws first Western Superjet buy

Sukhoi has secured its first Western customer for the Superjet 100 regional jet with a $283 million order for 10 firm aircraft from Italian low-cost carrie
ATC

UPS says ADS-B will save $3 million a year

United Parcel Service will save millions of dollars a year by introducing technology that is designed to provide improved aircraft spacing for arriving air
Aircraft

Chile’s LAN takes new PW6000 aloft in A318

The first Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW6000-powered A318 aircraft has been delivered to engine-launch customer LAN Airlines, and marked the powerplant’s entry i
Engines

Klimov puts its VK-800 up against P&WC PT6

Russian engine designer Klimov has revealed its first all-new helicopter turboshaft since the end of the Soviet era and said the powerplant will be aimed p
Aircraft

Kawasaki rolls out two aircraft

New aircraft rollouts are all too rare these days, so the double unveiling by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of its C-X transport and P-X maritime patroller was
Aircraft

Saab Still Supporting its 105 Jets

The Austrian air force has signed a new deal with Saab Aerotech, covering the long-term support of the Saab 105OE.
Engines

Engine for A400M transport lags in tests

It seems there is no slack left in the Europrop TP400-D6 turboprop engine program for the Airbus A400M military transport.
Aircraft

IndiGo to represent Hawker Beechcraft

Hawker Beechcraft has appointed India’s InterGlobe Enterprises, owner of low-cost carrier IndiGo, to be its sales and servicing agent in India effective Ju
Aircraft

Antonov 148 seeks EASA approval

The first deliveries of the Antonov An-148 are imminent, general designer Dmytro Kiva said on Tuesday during a press conference here at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft

Heron TP UAV goes public for the first time

Dominating IAI’s exhibit area here at Le Bourget is the Heron TP, a turboprop-powered medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV.