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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

M-346 Leads Baykar UCAV in Autonomous Formation Flight

Italian jet and Turkish drone carry out K-Swarm airborne trial
Kizilelma drone taking off from runway
Rotorcraft

Airbus Secures Contract for Czech Police H145s

New twin-engine rotorcraft will replace a fleet of H135s
Airbus H145 helicopter for Czech police service
Safety

New Wyvern Guidance Addresses Return-to-service Risks

Guidance includes sample post-maintenance checklists
Wyvern's sixth industry guidance document offers a framework for confidence flights, functional check flights, and test flights, plus sample checklists.
Operations

Special Olympics Airlift Delivers Athletes to Twin Cities

Special Olympics USA Games run June 20 to 26 across Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Special Olympics Airlift takes flight nationwide; Dove 1 arrives at St. Paul Downtown Airport
Training and Workforce

Embry-Riddle Grads Leaders in Wage Earnings

College Scoreboard data showed ERAU grads as top earners in Florida, Arizona
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates
Charter & Fractional

Jury Finds AeroVanti’s Britton-Harr Guilty of Wire Fraud

Maximum penalty is 20 years in prison per each of six counts
AeroVanti branded Piaggio Avanti P.180 in flight
Aircraft

Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers

Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 prototype
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family

Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026
Acodyne electric cargo drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Honeywell Launches Kestrel Drone Navigation Solution

Compact, cost-effective system applicable to smaller UAS platforms
Drone flying over water at sunset
Aircraft

Dassault Falcon 10X Bizjet Makes First Test Flight

French manufacturer is targeting type certification for ultra-long-range model in 2027
Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X first flight
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone

Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant
Deutsche Aircraft is developing drones
Aircraft

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner
JetZero groundbreaking
Avionics

Garmin Expands Navigation Database To Include Africa

Adds 40 countries in Africa with airspace info, IFR procedures, frequencies, etc.
Garmin Africa navigation database
FBOs

Titan Aviation Fuels Strengthens Ties with FBO Chain

New deal now includes fuel supply all three Premier FBO locations
Interior of PremierFBO at KPTK
FBOs

Tampa-area FBO Adds New Hangars

The company has two built, and two more underway
hangars at American Aviation, an FBO at Florida’s Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport
ATC

FAA Commissions First of New Indra Radars

The initial radar is installed in Putnam, Oklahoma
Indra Group Secondary Radar
Safety

NTSB Preliminary Report Notes GPS Jamming in King Air Crash

Air ambulance struck terrain on visual approach
The NTSB’s preliminary flight track reconstruction shows the King Air’s route from Roswell to Ruidoso, the reported GPS outage, ATC requests to halt military GPS jamming, and the aircraft’s final descent before the fatal crash.
Training and Workforce

AINsight: The Blind Spot Called ‘Experience’

Business aviation leaders must keep growing while developing others along the way
Experience
Operations

FAA Advises on Lower-altitude Speed Limits

Max below 10,000 ft msl is 250 kias unless aircraft design dictates otherwise
Boeing777-9
Maintenance and Modifications

Equivu Capital Buys Majority Stake in Leading Edge

Company specializes in business aviation interior and exterior detailing and appearance
Leading Edge Aviation Services
Aircraft

Germany’s Aero Show Targets Further Bizav Growth in 2027

Friedrichshafen event claims it is now Europe’s biggest business aviation trade show
Aero Friedrichshafen show April 2026
Aircraft

Eve 100 eVTOL Set to Make Low-speed Transition Flight

Flight envelope expansion precedes first crewed mission in mid-2027
Eve eVTOL technology demonstrator in doorway of hangar
Charter & Fractional

Unexpected Social Media Phenom Gains Bizav Attention

The German World Cup tourist is being offered free flights
Avionics

Pro Star Earns STC for Gogo Galileo on Pilatus PC-12

System can maintain connectivity over open water, in remote areas, and in polar regions
Pro Star Aviation
Accidents

NetJets Latitude Accident Marks First Frax Fatality

Diverted from planned flight to Austin and landed on road
ADS-B Exchange flight-tracking of NetJets Latitude
Aircraft

Metrojet Places First Global 8000 in Asia into Service

Ultra-long-range jet joins the Hong Kong company’s managed fleet
Metrojet Global 8000 business jet
Avionics

GFD Picks Universal Avionics for Learjet 35A/36A Upgrade

Modification replaces original instrumentation with glass cockpit displays
Universal Avionics and GFD agreement
Airports

Palm Beach Airport Undergoing State-mandated Rebrand

ICAO code for KPBI is changing to KDJT
Palm Beach International Airport
FBOs

PrivatPort Expands FBO Network and Opens Dubai Ops Center

Swissport is investing in its rebranded executive aviation support unit
PrivatPort executive aviation handling