Content Archive: June 2026

Aircraft

Dassault Falcon 10X Bizjet Makes First Test Flight

French manufacturer is targeting type certification for ultra-long-range model in 2027
Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X first flight
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone

Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant
Fischer standing next to concept models of aircraft and drone
Aircraft

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner
JetZero groundbreaking
Avionics

Garmin Expands Navigation Database To Include Africa

Adds 40 countries in Africa with airspace info, IFR procedures, frequencies, etc.
Garmin Africa navigation database
FBOs

Titan Aviation Fuels Strengthens Ties with FBO Chain

New deal now includes fuel supply all three Premier FBO locations
Interior of PremierFBO at KPTK
FBOs

Tampa-area FBO Adds New Hangars

The company has two built, and two more underway
hangars at American Aviation, an FBO at Florida’s Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport
ATC

FAA Commissions First of New Indra Radars

The initial radar is installed in Putnam, Oklahoma
Indra Group Secondary Radar
Safety

NTSB Preliminary Report Notes GPS Jamming in King Air Crash

Air ambulance struck terrain on visual approach
The NTSB’s preliminary flight track reconstruction shows the King Air’s route from Roswell to Ruidoso, the reported GPS outage, ATC requests to halt military GPS jamming, and the aircraft’s final descent before the fatal crash.
Training and Workforce

AINsight: The Blind Spot Called ‘Experience’

Business aviation leaders must keep growing while developing others along the way
Experience
Operations

FAA Advises on Lower-altitude Speed Limits

Max below 10,000 ft msl is 250 kias unless aircraft design dictates otherwise
Boeing777-9