Content Archive: July 2026

Aircraft

Progress Continues on First Production Lear Restoration

Nonprofit group looks to return the Lear 23 back to airworthy status
Fuselage of Lear 23-003 under restoration
Sustainability and Environment

Gulfstream SAF Testing Shows Contrail Emission Cuts

G800 with Pearl 700 engine flew neat SAF; modded G700 served as flying laboratory
A Gulfstream G800 flew on 100% neat SAF while a modified G700 measured contrail emissions, in an industry-first campaign at altitudes up to 50,000 feet.
Regulations and Government

Spike Aerospace: FAA Supersonic NPRM Steps Toward New Era

Rule is performance-based, encouraging innovation, company maintains
Spike Aerospace S-512
ATC

FAA Taps L3Harris To Modernize Surveillance Network

Contract covers more than 700 ground stations nationwide
L3Harris will upgrade more than 700 FAA ground stations and operate the national aircraft tracking network through 2045 under a new contract.
Training and Workforce

Georgia Team Tops 2026 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge

Teams modified a Caravan for Alps mission
2026 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge first-place team from Cambridge High School Porter High School (from left to right: John Friske (teacher) Clark Benner, Christian Seawright, Morgan Smith and Adam Gould).
Charter & Fractional

Elevate Jet Expands Managed Fleet with Four Aircraft

Three of the four will be available for charter, one will be corporate shuttle
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS parked on a ramp
Aircraft

Radia Adds Partners for WindRunner Supersized Cargo Lifter

Military use cases could include carrying half a dozen Chinook helicopters
Radia WindRunner
Airports

Signature Plots AAM Strategy with UrbanV and Electra

Private aviation terminal operator could develop vertiports with partners
Electra EL9 Ultra Short aircraft with Signature Aviation
Aircraft

NATO To Order Up to 10 Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft

Confirmed selection of Saab’s system announced at NATO’s Ankara summit
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Avionics

Garmin Pilot Apple Update Brings Three App Enhancements

FISK arrival procedure updated ahead of AirVenture 2026
Screenshot of updated Garmin Pilot for Apple