The Weekly of Business Aviation

A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.

Cirrus Aircraft has unveiled improvements to its new 2020 G6 SR Series piston aircraft.

Collins Aerospace has received an order from the FAA for a Virtual-Reality training device to be used in scientific research in areas such as pilot-HUD interface, pilot performance and workload.

The International Aircraft Dealers Association marked significant progress in 2019.

EmbraerX is entering the unmanned cargo aircraft market through a collaboration with U.S. startup Elroy Air.

Employees of financially troubled Mooney International were sent home from work Jan. 6—their second furlough in about a month.

Textron Aviation has acquired MRO provider Premiair Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd and its three service centers in Australia.

Deliveries of Dassault’s Falcon business jets have hit a new bottom, at 40 in 2019.

Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the third prototype of its T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helo as it begins to accelerate the aircraft’s flight-test program.

Carmaker Hyundai has announced a UAM partnership with Uber and unveiled a full-scale mockup of its S-A1 eVTOL aircraft.

Ukraine has begun taking delivery of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.

Petaluma, California-based Jump Aero is developing a small, fast, short-range vehicle for transporting first responders.

Some Textron Aviation employees in Wichita began reporting back to work on Jan. 6 following an explosion last month.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about what they think lies ahead in 2020 and the challenges they face. This is Part 2 of the two-part series.

Weeks into a rash of reported drone sightings in eastern Colorado and part of Nebraska, the FAA on Jan. 6 lacked an explanation for the reports or whether drones were actually involved.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

Air-to-ground network developer SmartSky Networks said Jan. 6 that it has received $25 million in additional funding from investment manager BlackRock after deploying its ground system nationwide.

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) said it welcomes the Senate confirmations of Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman.

​​​​​​​Aerobond, a Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturer of composite structures and assemblies for aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier 1s, has been acquired by WHI Global.

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

Interjet Airlines has introduced a travel membership program called Club2020.

Matthew De Foe has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety International’s Paris Le Bourget Learning Center.

PrimeFlight Aviation Services, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has acquired Appearance Group.

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