A government shutdown would furlough nearly 18,000 FAA employees, delay deliveries of new aircraft and halt the sale of used aircraft, the DOT says....More
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is probing countermeasures and defense electronics firm Chemring over allegations of corruption and the use of intermediaries....More
Unexpected severe vibrations generated during OEI flight trials of Bell’s 525 helicopter caused the fatal crash of the first prototype, the NTSB has concluded....More
Shares of specialty aerospace and defense electronics provider Astronics skyrocketed as much as 17% in price by midday Jan. 12 after the company raised its sales outlook....More
Labor market shortages facing the business aviation industry will be addressed during a June Canadian Business Aviation Association convention and exhibit....More
The safety board says an unstable approach by the pilot led to the March 29, 2016, crash of a privately operated Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 twin-engine turboprop that killed all seven occupants....More
Following years of preparation, civil and military air traffic controllers are working “shoulder to shoulder” at Schiphol-East, the oldest part of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Dutch government announced....More
Orolia has introduced a new Kannad emergency locator transmitter retrofit pack to replace Ameri-King ELT’s affected by a recent FAA airworthiness directive (Docket No. FAA-2016-6673)....More
Private Jet Card Comparisons, a buyer’s guide to private membership card programs, has launched Corporate Gift and Affiliate Subscription programs....More
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association is now accepting scholarship applications from high school students for the Edward W. Stimpson “Aviation Excellence” Award....More
Global Aerospace, an aerospace insurance company, has introduced a new Aircraft Breakdown Assistance program for policyholders of U.S. light aircraft....More
West Star Aviation will offer Top Flight Supplies (TFS) Titanium Paint Protection, part of a two-part process that prolongs the length of an aircraft paint job, it said....More
