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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Boeing Reveals Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Prototype

Prototype unmanned electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) is capable of carrying payloads up to 500 pounds.
Rotorcraft

Bell Helicopter To Unveil Urban Air Taxi at CES 2018

Four-passenger design will offer full connectivity, including video conferencing capability.
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Maintenance and Modifications

PWI Adds API as Distributor for King Air Cabin Lights

API will add PWI’s King Air retrofits and LED drop-in replacement reading lights to its product line.
Aircraft

Airbus To Raise A320 Production in Tianjin

Negotiations over co-production deal involving A380s remain under wraps, however
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Aircraft

First BelugaXL Rolls Out of Factory in Toulouse

First flight expected by mid-year
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Training and Workforce

BHA Incorporates Redbird Flight Sim into Curriculum

The new Redbird FMX simulator will be incorporated into BHA’s existing program to introduce students to visual and instrumental flight.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Remote-piloted Volocopter eVTOL Flies Intel CEO

The 2X is designed to operate as an autonomous air taxi and leverages Intel microprocessor and other technology in its flight control solutions.
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Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero To Close LAX Bizav Maintenance Facility

The LAX-based bizav facility will close by the end of March 2018, but StandardAero will continue mobile service capabilities in southern California.
Aircraft

Boeing Sets New Delivery Record in 2017

Also collects orders for 912 airplanes, marking another year of a greater than 1:1 book-to-bill ratio
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Regulations and Government

FAA Outlines Limits of Voluntary Drug/Alcohol Disclosure

FAA does not accept a voluntary disclosure if the violation is discovered “during…an FAA investigation/inspection or…an accident or incident."
Accidents

U.S. Bizjet Accident Fatalities Fall 62 Percent in 2017

However, fatal accidents involving non-U.S.-registered business jets doubled from two in 2016 to four last year.
Airports

Minneapolis-area Airport To See New Bizav Development

The start of hangar complex at St. Paul Downtown Airport will mark the first private development there in more than a decade.
ATC

FlightAware Doubles ADS-B Ground Tracking Network

FlightAware, through its FlightFeeder program, makes and distributes ADS-B receivers to volunteers, who host the units.
Aircraft

Dassault Falcon Deliveries Climb Above Forecast in 2017

French aircraft manufacturer shipped 49 Falcons last year, four more than forecast and on par with its overall number of business jet deliveries in 2016.
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Aircraft

Garmin G1000NXi Avionics OK’d for Piper M500

G1000NXi features wireless cockpit connectivity, enhanced situational awareness, visual approaches, and map overlay on the horizontal situation indicator.
Aircraft

Citation Latitude To Enter MexJet Fractional Service

MexJet parent Aerolineas Ejecutivas ordered three Latitudes for delivery this year.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star and Embraer Sign Service Agreement

West Star’s facility at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport will offer base maintenance for the Phenom 100 and 300 and Legacy 450/500 and 600/650.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kittyhawk Drone Software Adds Automated Flight Feature

Allows operators to plan missions in the Kittyhawk mobile application and then execute the entire flight from takeoff to landing with unlimited waypoints.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

SureFly Hybrid Electric Helicopter To Fly 'Soon'

Features a drone-like octocopter design, a two-person, 400-pound payload capacity and a range of approximately 70 miles.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

USAIG Celebrates Nine Decades in Aviation Insurance

The company, founded in 1928 by a pair of World War I aviators, has grown into one of the industry's leading underwriters.
Aircraft

Adversary Air Contractors Still Expanding—and Expecting

Draken bought more fighter jets, Elbit and Babcock are chasing UK business, and Discovery Air won a new Canadian contract.
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Aircraft

Global 7000 Mockup To Land at Jetex FBO in Dubai

105-foot-long mockup features a dining area, entertainment lounge, en-suite master bedroom and private washroom, as well as a fully equipped kitchen.
Safety

FAA Cautions Against Fire Kit Instructions on PED Fires

An FAA InFO advises operators to follow agency advice on lithium battery fires, fearing that moving burning batteries to a containment bag poses risks.
Training and Workforce

Airbus Acquires U.S. Training Center

Plans to double training capacity in Denver over the next few years
Regulations and Government

T&I Chairman Shuster Set To Depart Congress at Year-end

Shuster emphasized a desire to push through an infrastructure package this year, but also is planning to focus on his ATC reorganization proposal.
Airports

Letter to Airmen Details Revised Aspen 'Wrap' Procedure

The procedures, in use for years, were reviewed by the FAA last year to ensure they met the agency's latest regulations and guidance.
Aircraft

Qatar and Kuwait Eurofighter Sales—More Details Revealed

The UK will host a training squadron for Qatar. The Kuwaiti jets will have new AESA radars and targeting pods.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Misses C Series Delivery Target for 2017

Ships 17 airplanes out of most recent estimate of 20 to 22
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Aircraft

Air Baltic Reflects on Its First Year of Flying the Bombardier C Series CS300 Airliner

Air Baltic Reflects on Its First Year of Flying the Bombardier C Series CS300 Airliner
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Accidents

Accidents: January 2018

Preliminary and final reports