Business & GANetJets Places Phenom 300 Order Providing early fanfare Monday at the NBAA conference in Atlanta, Embraer and fractional ownership company NetJets announced a purchase agreement for up to 125 Phenom 300 executive jets, with a potential value…
Business & GAEMS Unveils 'Aspire' Connectivity Family Photo courtesy EMS Aviation EMS Aviation on Monday introduced a modular, scalable family of Iridium and Inmarsat voice and data systems aimed at small and medium-sized business aircraft, calling it a “revolution in…
Business & GABombardier Selects Aircell Connectivity Suite Bombardier Aerospace has chosen a suite of Aircell systems as factory options aboard select aircraft from the Learjet and Challenger business jet families, Aircell announced Monday. The company made the announcement at…
Business & GABusiness Aviation Outlook: 2011 Is Trough Business aircraft deliveries in 2011 are expected to fall below 700 units, marking the trough of a three-year freefall in industry fortunes, according to Honeywell Aerospace. Unit deliveries in 2009 dropped 25…
Business & GARockwell Collins EVS Certified on BBJ Rockwell Collins Enhanced Vision System (EVS) was certified last week by FAA on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), an Air National Guard C-40, the companies announced Monday at the NBAA convention in Atlanta. The…
CommercialFedEx to Upgrade Caravan Avionics FedEx Express is upgrading the avionics and ice protection systems on its fleet of 250 Cessna 208 Caravans, the company announced Wednesday. Garmin, of Olathe, Kan., will supply its G600 avionics suite,…
Business & GALockheed Martin Wins Test Equipment Contract Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., was awarded a $10 million contract from the U.S. Navy for specialized test equipment required to perform depot-level repairs to the MH-60 helicopter common cockpit…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Tests B-2 Satcom System Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing the computing hardware and communications infrastructure for the B-2 stealth bomber, the company announced Thursday. Since Sept. 1, the company has conducted a series of test…