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Avionics

Performance Planning Feature Added To ForeFlight App

The app now offer performance-planning capability.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Harbert Private Equity Fund III Acquires Flight Display Systems

Acquisition will fuel continued growth, expand engineering and production capabilities, and further enhance partner relationships, it said.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Satcom Direct Named Exclusive Provider for Bizav Users of SmartSky 4G Data Network

SmartSky expects to roll out commercial service of its airborne air-to-ground 4G data network in 2016.

Retired PlaneSense Chief Pilot Receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

Award given only to pilots who have contributed and maintained safe flight operations for 50 or more consecutive years.
Avionics

FltPlan Go App for iPad Now Works with Five ADS-B Receivers

When used with these ADS-B receivers, the app provides access to ADS-B IN weather reports, notams, TFRs and Pireps.
Aircraft

J-31, Y-20 Make Debuts at Much Expanded China Airshow

The significant increase in military systems on display has boosted the biennial event.
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets China Flies First Charter Customer

The inaugural NetJets Business Aviation Ltd flight in a Hawker 800XP touched down at five airports in China.
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Engines

GE Honda Transitions HF120 Production to N. Carolina

Ceremony marks the beginning of the shift in HondaJet engine production to Burlington, N.C., from Lynn, Mass.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Iran Claims First Flight of Reverse Engineered RQ-170 Drone

Iran claims to have flown an unmanned aircraft copied from the RQ-170 Sentinel that crashed in that country in December 2011.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Helicopter Finds Good Fortune in China with Sale of 50 Jet Ranger Xs

This latest order takes Bell independent distributor Reignwood’s commitment to 60 of the new light-single helicopters.
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Aircraft

Airbus A350-900 Receives FAA Type Certification

Wins U.S. approval some six weeks after gaining European ticket.
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Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Lands AW119Kx Sale to Private Operator in China

Helicopter will be delivered by year-end and used for passenger transport operations in the Asian country.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Tiger’s Jay Stout Sentenced to five years in prison

Flying Tigers ordered to cease and desist operations.
Maintenance and Modifications

“Serious” Victory for FAA and Repair Stations

FAA reinserts word in repair station regulation.
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Names CEVA as Parts Distribution Center

New London location guarantees faster response time.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sharp Details Expands East Coast Coverage

30 full time cleaning personnel added
Maintenance and Modifications

PPG Celebrates 45 Years at Alabama Plant

The facility builds aircraft windshields, windows and canopies.
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Maintenance and Modifications

New Falcon Airborne Service Adds Alternative Lift to AOG Support

Two Falcon 900s–based at Teterboro and Le Bourget–provide AOG support.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation STL Developing Rockwell Collins Fans STC

The upgrade package includes automatic dependent surveillance-contract and controller pilot datalink communications.
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Expands Garmin Authorized Dealer Approval

All three of the company’s facilities can sell Garmin equipment.
Maintenance and Modifications

Professional Aviation Associates Opens New Facility

New distribution facility is located near Hartsfield-Jackson International.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Adds GE CF34 Line Maintenance Center Authorization

The authorization covers work undertaken at both the Peterborough, Ontario facility and the St. Louis, Mo. base.
Aircraft

Flybe To Sell Stake in Finnair Joint Venture

Finnair cites profitability "issues."
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Aircraft

Anglo-French FCAS May Not Be Unmanned

All previous indications and illustrations of the FCAS project have pointed to an unmanned combat air vehicle.
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Aircraft

Darpa Seeks Ideas for Unmanned-aircraft Host Ship

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks information on "distributed airborne capabilities" involving small unmanned aircraft.
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Aircraft

Avic to Make Empennage Tips For Boeing

Chinese company to supply 777 empennage tips starting in 2017
ATC

European Pilots Call for 'Remote Tower' ATC Standards

The European Cockpit Association has issued a position paper on emerging "remote tower services."
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Aircraft

Comac Takes Order for 30 C919s

Company claims order tally now totals 430.
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Rotorcraft

Jet Ranger X Makes First Flight

The light single reached 60 knots during its maiden sortie.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

AT&T Drops Plan For High-Speed Airborne Datacom

The AT&T air-to-ground 4G LTE network was slated to offer service late next year.