What will be the biggest business aviation news story of 2018? What do industry leaders see as the biggest goals and challenges of the new year? The Weekly of Business Aviation asked a mixture of them to share their insights....More
Austria-based Diamond Aircraft Group has been acquired by Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co. in China, ensuring the long-term future of the Diamond brand....More
Motion and control tech provider Parker Hannifin and the Justice Department have reached an antitrust deal over the company’s $4.3 billion purchase of Clarcor....More
Flying Colours is expanding its paint shop as it begins a long-term contract with MHI Canada Aerospace to paint more than 40 center-fuselage sections of Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft per year....More
More than 25,000 pilots are now flying under BasicMed rather than with an FAA aviation medical certification, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association reports....More
The owners of Piaggio Aerospace are investing $302 million in order to stabilize the business and complete the development of the P.1HH Hammerhead UAS....More
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he will work with President Donald Trump to develop a wide-ranging infrastructure bill....More
Honeywell Aerospace has unveiled a new Future Air Navigation System (FANS) testing for general and business aviation customers as part of its GoDirect Datalink services....More
The NBAA has launched the first phase of a mentoring program, which matches industry veterans with those wanting to explore the field of business aviation....More
Eastern Michigan University Aviation has added a remanufactured Ascend 172 aircraft to its training fleet for use in its pilot education program....More
Airborne Wireless Network has entered into a support agreement with GE Aviation, which should “significantly accelerate” the development of Airborne Wireless’ Hybrid Radio and Free Optics Communications System....More
Kansas State Polytechnic is offering a free webinar and live question-and-answer session with Kansas State University unmanned aircraft systems experts....More
Socomore announced the acquisition of Sea to Sky Innovations, a designer of water-based paint strippers and surface treatments based in Burnaby, near Vancouver, B.C....More
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Models G-1159A (GIII), G-IV, and GIV-X airplanes....More
