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Spirits were high and attendance reached a healthy 15,243 at Heli-Expo’10, held February 21 to 23 in Houston.

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) and Avantext announced the amicable settlement of all federal litigation between them.

The National Center for Aerospace & Transportation Technologies (NCATT) is now an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the aerospace in

Just as ADS-B was turning into the home stretch, with the FAA announcement of the final rule for mandatory equipage expected on April 10–a date agency offi

Innovative Solutions and Support (IS&S) has added electronic chart and XM satellite weather display to the avionics upgrade it provides for the Eclipse

Satellite communications service provider Satcom Direct has expanded its portfolio of exclusive add-ons and upgrades to the point where some customers migh

Private-equity firm Carlyle is reportedly seeking a buyer for aviation communications services company Arinc in a sale that could command as much as $1 bil

Stevens Aviation last month said it has gained an STC for installation of Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (Raas) in the Learjet 60, adding

TrueNorth Avionics has gained the initial supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Simphone Global Broadband System, billed as a compact and low-cost hi

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) said its recently certified Change 7.1 software update for the company’s TCAS 2000 and TCAS II tr

Charter brokering group Air Partner has shut down its aircraft operating division in a bid to stem mounting losses.

In the wake of a stinging critique issued by the Los Angeles County Fire Department after last year’s Station Fire, the U.S.

About 30 people attended an Embraer Phenom owners and operators fly-in this past weekend in Naples, Fla., with nine owners flying their Phenom 100s into Na

NBAA yesterday released a new white paper, “Ten Critical Strategies for Long-Term Fuel Sav

The Transportation Security Administration has completed the revision of the large aircraft security program (LASP) and the legislation is about to move to

An evidentiary hearing was scheduled today to determine the winner of an auction held last Friday for the assets of bankrupt Epic Air and its sister compan

While UBS Investment Research’s March business jet index reflects a stable market, other indictors showed that the business aviation market recovery has st

Prompt access to air ambulances can significantly improve the survival odds of stroke patients, according to a recently released University of Pennsylvania

The lobbying association for the French helicopter industry, the Union Française de l’Hélicoptère (UFH), is raising concerns about gestating noise rules th

Kaman and Lockheed Martin (Team K-Max) have demonstrated the ability of an unmanned Kaman K-Max to fly troop cargo re-supply missions autonomously and remo

The Clean Sky joint technology initiative, a e1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) private-public partnership on aeronautical research in Europe, has issued its thir

The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force has selected the Enstrom 480B turbine single as its next-generation training helicopter and is scheduled to take 30

PremiAir, the operator of the London Heliport (also known as Battersea), is to open a new passenger terminal “this spring.” It will replace a 50-year-old b

Aeronautical Accessories has received for the Bell 407 an STC that increases available useful load by 400 pounds or in-ground-effect hover by 3,000 feet.

Production in 2009 Russian Helicopters last month announced that its factories produced 183 helicopters last year, an increase of 8.3 percent over t

AgustaWestland’s Deliveries Up, Orders Down for Last YearAgustaWestland parent company Finmeccanica last month disclosed its 2009 results, sho

Final agreement over the way the European Union’s new “common basic standards for aviation security” are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the

Safety was the primary topic of discussion at the 21st annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) Conference, held at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort

This year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace, May 4 to 6) will open with the market still, at best, in slow recovery mode, but

Honeywell’s next-generation flight management system (NGFMS) is currently undergoing flight testing on the Gulfstream G650 and the Boeing 747-8.