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Expert Panel Endorses Max Cert Process, Calls for Upgrades

The special committee formed by Transportation Secretary Chao calls for better assessment of “human-machine interaction.”

Accidents

January 16, 2020

Bombardier Bizjet Deliveries Up, but Short of Target

Bombardier delivered 142 business jets in 2019, short of the estimate of 150 to 155, as four Global 7500 deliveries were pushed into first quarter 2020.

Aircraft

January 16, 2020

Bombardier Mulls Exit from A220 Program

The Canadian manufacturer’s retreat from the Airbus narrowbody program would spell its complete exit from the commercial aircraft business.

Aircraft

January 16, 2020

India's Naval Light Combat Aircraft Goes to Sea

The delayed naval version of the Light Combat Aircraft has undertaken its first carrier trials.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

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Clay Lacy Adds Legacy, Praetor To Embraer Mx Bona Fides

Clay Lacy operates a 152,000-sq-ft service center at Van Nuys Airport.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

TBM, Quest Deliveries Both Soften in 2019

Daher reported combined shipments of 68 TBMs and Kodiaks in 2019, the first time it reported results for both lines since acquiring Quest in October.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

Toyota Invests Big In eVTOL Developer Joby

Toyota Motor Corp. also will provide Joby Aviation with expertise in manufacturing, quality, and cost control of its eVTOL.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

Dassault and Thales Awarded Archange Contract

The French government has ordered the first two Falcon-based platforms to replace aging Transall Gabriels in the Sigint-gathering role.

Aircraft

January 14, 2020

Boeing’s 2019 Deliveries Shrink to Less than Half of 2018 Tally

The 737 Max crisis saw the U.S. airframer lose more orders than it gained last year.

Aircraft

January 14, 2020

Calhoun Assumes Duties as Boeing CEO, Sets 2020 Goals

The former GE executive moves from the Boeing boardroom to the chief executive’s office.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

First Airbus BelugaXL Enters Service

The oversize Airbus airlifter transports complete aircraft sections across the airframer’s European production network.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

Russia’s Aerospace Sector May Be Headed For Consolidation

Folding Russian Helicopters into the OAK structure to form one single entity is a possibility.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

First Ilyushin IL-96-400M Takes Shape

UAC mates the fuselage and outer wing sections of the IL-96 family’s latest iteration.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

Finland’s Multi-role Fighter Challenge Gets Under Way

Over the course of January and February the Finnish air force is evaluating the five contenders for its Hornet replacement program.

Aircraft

January 11, 2020

Pilot Report: Cessna Citation CJ4

Large-jet features make the small jet a crowd pleaser.

Aircraft

January 10, 2020

State Department Approves F-35B for Singapore

The Republic of Singapore Air Force has selected the STOVL version of the F-35 to answer its new fighter requirement.

Aircraft

January 10, 2020

Russia To Produce 200 Airliners Annually

State defense orders are going to subside, and the industry is looking to replace them with civil orders.

Aircraft

January 10, 2020

Max Supplier Spirit To Lay Off More Than 2,800 Workers

The job reductions by Spirit AeroSystems comes as Boeing's 737 Max remains grounded.

Aircraft

January 10, 2020

NexGen Airbus Corporate Jets Taking Off

Exec versions of Airbus’s newest wide-body and single-aisle airliners now coming to market, company reports in Singapore.

Aircraft

January 10, 2020

Airbus Plans Big A320 Rate Hike in Alabama

The European airframer expects to increase A320 production to seven per month by the start of 2021.

Aircraft

January 9, 2020