The Weekly of Business Aviation

Piper Aircraft and National Airways Corp., its sales representative in Africa, are exhibiting the Piper M600 turboprop throughout the African continent in July.

Brazilian regional jet manufacturer Embraer has boosted its backlog, announcing orders for its new E2 family of revamped jets from undisclosed customers as well as for other models at the Paris Air Show.

Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) had been awarded Brazil’s certification for its two-place and three-place divans in Hawker Beechcraft’s Beechjet 400 series aircraft.

Falcon Aviation has expanded its maintenance service center for Pilatus PC-12 aircraft at its Al Bateen Executive Airport hangar facility.

DFW Instrument has added Garmin to its list of dealership partners at its Addison, Texas, FAA repair station.

Raisbeck Engineering has received Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its swept-blade propellers for the King Air B300 series from the ANAC in Argentina.

Farsound Aviation has received a multimillion dollar contract renewal with Turbine Services & Solutions Aerospace.

Dassault Aviation has appointed the Maintenance Line Station in Vienna as an authorized service center.

Savis and Bradar announced an agreement to work together to evaluate business opportunities in the civil and military air traffic control radar and systems markets worldwide.

Aergo Capital has acquired two ATR72-500 aircraft from TAT Leasing and placed both aircraft on lease with Afrijet Business Services in Gabon, Africa.

West Virginia University’s Institute of Technology and FlightSafety International have launched a new Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management degree program.

Jet Support Services and Constant Aviation will host a free ADS-B webinar from 10-11 a.m. CDT June 29.

GKN’s Fokker business and Boeing Business Jets have signed a contract for the design and completion of the interior of a 737 Boeing Business Jet for the Dutch government.

Spirit AeroSystems announced plans on June 21 to expand its manufacturing operations in Subang, Malaysia.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model AS332C, AS332C1, AS332L, AS332L1, AS332L2, and EC225LP helicopters.

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Eliezer (Eli) da Silva has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Dallas Aeronautical Services.

June 27-28—2017 Airport Collaborative: Crisis Management Workshop, Herndon, Virginia, http://www.aci-na.org/event/8239

Zunum plans to certify its initial megawatt-class, hybrid-electric regional aircraft in the early 2020s.

FAA authorizers in the U.S. Senate on June 22 unveiled their proposed bill to reauthorize the aviation agency, notably missing any move to privatize air traffic control (ATC), which dominates a counterpart bill in the U.S. House.

Financial analysts continue to see Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier making progress on its balance sheet—a key factor in the company’s ability to continue producing the C Series line of commercial aircraft.

Gulfstream Aerospace’s fourth G600 test aircraft has made its first flight, less than six months after the first test aircraft took its first flight.

​The Safran Silvercrest turbofan is on track for spring 2018 certification.

The plan to relaunch Italy’s Piaggio Aero Industries as a civil and defense aircraft manufacturer is gaining momentum some 20 months after moving production from an aging plant in Genoa to a clean-sheet-design factory in Villanova d’Albenga, about 56 mi. southwest.

Inmarsat has launched a satellite communications service for unmanned aircraft using a small terminal developed by Cobham Satcom.