Gulfstream Aerospace is the first aircraft manufacturer to receive FAA Organizational Designation Authorization (ODA), which allows the company to act on the agency’s behalf to examine initial phase manufacturing of its own aircraft designs, production quality and airworthiness in Savannah, Ga. The Gulfstream ODA group will oversee amended type certification, production certification and major repair and alterations airworthiness on behalf of the FAA.
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Eclipse Aviation Splits Into Two Divisions
September 04, 2008 As part of its “operational excellence strategy” to finish incomplete customer-delivered airplanes, improve production efficiency, fulfill... |
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General Dynamics to buy Jet Aviation
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