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Safran To Pay Dassault $280M in Silvercrest Settlement

Dassault canceled the Falcon 5X program in December and scrapped its contract with Safran over troubled Silvercrest turbofan that was to power the jet.

Aircraft

September 10, 2018

BN2T Turbine Islander Awarded TC Type Certification

With the BN2T, Britten-Norman looks to give Canadian operators of Islanders more payload capability for rugged-environment, all-terrain operations.

Aircraft

September 10, 2018

Bombardier: 'Mission Accomplished' for Global 7500 FTV1

The first Global 7500 has been retired from flight-test duties, but has been painted and will be used as a company demonstrator.

Aircraft

September 7, 2018

How We Ferried a Daher TBM 910 from France to California

How We Ferried a Daher TBM 910 from France to California

Aircraft

September 7, 2018

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KC-46 Tanker Gains FAA Approval

The delayed KC-46A Pegasus tanker program has moved one step closer to its first delivery with the receipt of an STC from the FAA

Aircraft

September 6, 2018

Learjet 70/75's Garmin G5000 Avionics Get an Upgrade

Upgrade will be available on new Learjet 70s and 75s, with a retrofit for in-service models made available concurrently.

Aircraft

September 6, 2018

End of the Line for the Nuclear Mirage

The French air force has undertaken its final flights with the Mirage 2000N, although the DGA plans to retain three for trials and training

Aircraft

September 4, 2018

Spike Aims for Stage 5-compliant Supersonic Bizjet

Promises to minimize emissions, maximize fuel efficiency, and economy of its S-512 design.

Aircraft

September 4, 2018

Gulfstream, Nordam Reach Deal on PW800 Nacelles

The agreement, to sell Nordam's interest in the nacelle program to Gulfstream, would allow production to resume and Nordam to file reorganization plan.

Aircraft

September 4, 2018

Singapore Officially Unveils A330 MRTT

Having been in-country for two weeks, Singapore's first Airbus A330 MRTT was formally unveiled at the RSAF Day parade

Aircraft

September 2, 2018

African Air Charter Outfit Adds Airvan 10 To Fleet

The charter operator already has five eight-seat Airvan 8 piston singles in its fleet.

Aircraft

August 31, 2018

Navy Builds Up to F-35C IOT&E; First Turkish F-35 Pilot Flies

Navy F-35Cs have operated as part of a regular air wing for the first time as the aircraft approaches a crucial operational test and evaluation milestone

Aircraft

August 30, 2018

VREF Signs as Partner for air.one Aircraft Marketplace

Aircraft brokers, buyer’s agents, and private buyers can now purchase a VREF Verified Report for an aircraft directly from its air.one listing.

Aircraft

August 30, 2018

Legion Pod To Give the Eagle New Eyes

Boeing is to fit Lockheed Martin's Legion Pod IRST system to the USAF's Eagle fighters to give them a passive tracking capability

Aircraft

August 29, 2018

Virgin Australia Signs On As Latest Boeing Max 10 Customer

First delivery of order for 10 set for 2022

Aircraft

August 29, 2018

Flying with the Dassault Falcon FalconEye Combined Vision System

Flying with the Dassault Falcon FalconEye Combined Vision System

Avionics

August 29, 2018

Temporary Exemption Clears Hurdle for Longitude FAA Nod

The FAA and Textron had different interpretations on fuel tank designs, resulting in a need for short-term relief from applicable standards.

Aircraft

August 28, 2018

UBS: Bombardier To Reclaim Large Bizjet Market Share

Share could potentially exceed 40 percent in both units and value by 2020 as Bombardier delivers its new Globals to customers.

Aircraft

August 28, 2018

KLM Delays First A350 Deliveries to 2021

Air France-KLM has a firm order for 28 of the Airbus twinjets

Aircraft

August 28, 2018

UK Aerospace Threatened Even as Aircraft Deliveries Set Record

Industry Group ADS warns again of negative effect of no-deal Brexit

Aircraft

August 28, 2018