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FutureFlight

Textron Supercharges Electric Aviation Ambitions With Pipistrel Acquisition

Textron will pay around $242 million to acquire Slovenia-based Pipistrel and says it will back the company with further investments and its global product support network.
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FutureFlight

Eve Steps Up Plans for Miami Urban Air Mobility, as Local Operator Agrees to Add 200 eVTOLs to Charter Fleet

Charter airline GlobalX has signed a letter of intent covering 200 provisional orders for Eve's four-passenger eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

New Study Predicts $325 Billion Market Boom for Autonomous Aircraft

A new report commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association forecasts that the autonomous aircraft market will grow nearly 25 percent a year over the next two decades.
Rotorcraft

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets
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Safety

GAMA, IAOPA Launch 2022 General Aviation Europe Survey

GAMA and IOPA are collecting data through the European GA survey that will be shared with EASA for accident and regulatory analysis.
Safety

HAI Offers Safety Manager Cert Path

HAI has teamed with NATA on its Air Transport Safety Manager certification program to offer safety management training.
FBOs

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services Changes Hands

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, which operates six FBOs in the eastern and central U.S., has been sold to a new joint-venture investment partnership.
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Aircraft

Eve Steps Up Miami UAM Plans, Nets 200-unit Order

Embraer Eve has announced plans to prepare the way for urban air mobility flights in the Miami area with local operator Global Crossing Airlines.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Isle of Man Register Ditches Russian Private Aircraft

Responding to sanctions against Russian individuals and companies over the invasion of Ukraine, the Isle of Man has deregistered multiple private aircraft.

Gulfstream Digitizing Engineering History

The Savannah, Georgia aircraft manufacturer is converting all records, CAD files, and other documents into machine-readable PDFs.
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Maintenance and Modifications

PHI Opens MRO Services to Broader Helicopter Market

The MRO change is part of an effort by global helicopter provider PHI to diversify its business.
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Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo Returns To Nearly Full Strength

The 2022 Heli-Expo drew 91 percent of attendees and 90 percent of exhibitors that participated in the 2020 event.
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FBOs

FBO Management To Change at Ohio Airport

Airport Management Solutions (AMS) will assume management of the singular FBO at Ohio’s Middletown Regional Airport at the end of the month.
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Maintenance and Modifications

EASA Approves Jet Aviation Vienna G650 Line Mx

Jet Aviation Vienna operates an FBO and 4,000-sq-m MRO facility which will now perform line maintenance for the Gulfstream G650.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet It Selects Bluetail for Digitized Aircraft Records

Jet It said the conversion to digital records through Bluetail will improve maintenance efficiency and cut costs.
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Avionics

PAG Grows Avionics Expertise with Velocity Acquisition

Precision Aviation Group adds 110,000 sq ft of facilities in California, Florida, and Texas through the acquisition of Velocity Aerospace Group.
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Aircraft

RAF Selects Falcon 900LX for BAe 146 Replacement

Two Dassault Falcon 900LX tri-jets will transport UK senior defense and government officials, and occasional members of the Royal family.
Regulations and Government

Leonardo Sells Two AW139s to U.S. Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has ordered two AW139s.
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FBOs

Cutter To Expand Phoenix Deer Valley Facility

Arizona-based Cutter Aviation has broken ground on an additional hangar complex at its FBO at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport.
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Aircraft

RAF Selects Falcon 900LX for BAe 146 Replacement

Two Dassault Falcon 900LX tri-jets will transport UK senior defense and government officials, and occasionally members of the Royal family.
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Maintenance and Modifications

SocialFlight Launches Aviation Safety Videos

SocialFlight is now providing no-cost, on-demand video education for pilots, A&P/IAs, and other FAA-certified aviation maintenance technicians.
Regulations and Government

Russia Sanctions Spotlight Need for Aircraft Due Diligence

NBAA is stressing that aircraft buyers and sellers need to fully vet transactions to make sure they do not involved sanctioned Russian parties.
Aircraft

Brazil Frax Amaro To Take 12 More Pilatus T-props, Jets

Brazil-based fractional aircraft provider Amaro Aviation has inked a $98 million deal with Synerjet for eight Pilatus PC-12NGXs and four PC-24s.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux Tech To Offer After-sales Support

Line and base maintenance are among the services that will be offered by Comlux Group's new Comlux Tech unit.
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Aircraft

Germany to Buy F-35 Fighters for Nuclear Sharing Role

Having earlier discarded the U.S. F-35 fighter, Germany is once again looking to the aircraft to carry out its nuclear commitment to the NATO alliance.
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FutureFlight

Archer Tells Shareholders It Is on Track with eVTOL Aircraft Development Plans

The California-based start-up reported that it began 2022 with $746.9 million in cash reserves as it stepped up work to bring a four-passenger eVTOL aircraft to market.
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FutureFlight

Joby Reaches Fourth of Five Stages in FAA Part 135 Certification Process

California-based Joby expects to gain its Part 135 operator certificate by the end of the year, preparing the way for commercial ride-sharing flights in its eVTOL aircraft by 2024.
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FutureFlight

Solvay Steps Up Work on Materials for Advanced Air Mobility with New Partnerships

The materials specialist has started working with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research.
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FutureFlight

U.S. Air Force Pilots Take the Controls of Beta's Alia for First Crewed Military eVTOL Flight

Beta Technologies is working to bring the six-seat, fixed-wing Alia 250 eVTOL model into commercial service in 2024 and is also building a network of charging stations across the U.S.
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Regulations and Government

Australia, Netherlands Pursue ICAO Proceedings against Russia for MH17 Downing

Ukraine invasion underscores the need to hold Russia accountable for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, say Australian and Dutch officials.