FMS Contract Sees Purchase of Specially Equipped C-208 EX The Belize Ministry of National Defense & Border Security has purchased one of Textron's specially equipped, multi-mission Grand Caravan EX models through the Foreign Military Sale program. The sale is a...
USAF Deliveries Expected in 2024 The replacement for the UH-1N Huey helicopter has entered serial production, with the first of 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf aircraft in construction. The aircraft are the result of a $285 million USAF contract that include...
Theme of "Dynamic Excellence” Honed Business Stakeholders with Sessions, Speakers The National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) saw record attendance at its 2023 Leadership Conference, with nearly 500 attendees present. The Conference allows members of the industry to come together and...
Small, High Endurance Drone to Begin Operations at Virginia Center Textron has been issued a special airworthiness certificate from the FAA to conduct Aerosonde drone operations at its Unmanned Systems Service and Support Center located in Blackstone, Virginia. The Aerosonde...
As Focus on Space Grows, Stakeholders Seek Standardization The ESA has begun a push for a standardized lunar time zone, after the idea was floated in the Netherlands in late 2022. The change would create a common lunar reference time...
Also: UND Adds Aerospace Engineering, NBAA Scholarships, Flt School Threatened, John King on MOCA The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators set forth that the aviation industry is suffering an epidemic of flight-test applicants failing to even qualify for their...
Affected Fuel Tanks Could Require Downtime for 12+ Aircraft Boeing’s KC-46 program will likely experience more delays, just like the 767 series aircraft currently awaiting fuel tank parts. Reportedly, a quality issue surrounding a delivery of center fuel tanks made...
Kootenai Sheriff’s will Operate Bell 206 on $71,500/yr Budget Kootenai county, Idaho has embarked on a different sort of fleet management after they purchased a 1994 Bell 206 with donated funds, planning to operate the unit on an all-volunteer basis...
Lufthansa Aviation Training-Diamond Sign LOI Diamond Aircraft, the Chinese-owned, Austrian-built manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT), the flight-academy subsidiary of German flag-carrier, Lufthansa, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) expressing the two entities’ intention to...
Australian Company Arrives to the Scene with Compact, Streamlined Engine Option for Electric Aircraft Australian developer Kite Magnetics announced the completion of their 120-kilowatt electric propulsion unit (EPU), a small, self-contained alternative to traditional light sport engines. Their model sports...