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Elbit Systems-Kollsman, the New Hampshire elctro-optic systems maker, announced the delivery of its 1,000th enhanced vision system since it pioneered EVS technology a decade ago aboard Gulfstream business jets. Fittingly, the 1,000th installation was also aboard a Gulfstream, as have been about 80 percent of all Kollsman EVS deliveries. The Kollsman EVS displays an infrared […]

Comlux, the Swiss-based private jet travel company, is the launch customer for the Sukhoi Business Jet, a new executive version of the Superjet 100 regional airliner built in Russia. Comlux president Richard Gaona said at the NBAA Convention that his company has placed an order for four airplanes, which carry a list price of $50 […]

Flight Display Systems has received FAA STC approval for a new software product designed for its cabin management system called Cloud CMS Support. The STC was issued for the launch customer of the software – an operator of a Gulfstream GIV. The software is installed in a laptop that connects to Flight Display Systems Select […]

With certification of the G280 imminent, Pres Henne, Senior Vice President, Programs, Engineering and Test at Gulfstream, announced that extensive flight-testing has shown better than expected performance. At Mach 0.80 with four passengers, the airplane has shown a range of 3,600 nm, 200 nm better than the expected range when the program was first announced […]

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B completed its first shipboard vertical landing on Tuesday, touching down on the deck of the USS Wasp in the Atlantic during preliminary phases of ship suitability testing. The Joint Strike Fighter will continue shipboard testing during the next two weeks, striving to complete a planned 67 landings on the Wasp […]

The National Transportation Safety Board has begun its investigation into what caused a Bell JetRanger to crash in Manhattan’s East River on Tuesday, killing one passenger and sending three others to the hospital. NTSB chairman Mark Rosekind said at a press briefing that investigators had recovered the helicopter’s GPS receiver and also collected video of […]

LightSquared is threatening legal action against the Federal Communications Commission if the agency does not grant the company approval to build a planned nationwide network of around 40,000 broadband towers that many experts warn will cause interference with GPS receivers. LightSquared argues that any interference with high-precision GPS receivers from the company’s planned network is […]

Rockwell Collins has announced a new version of its touch-screen Pro Line Fusion avionics system for the turboprop and light business jet market. The system will be available for new airplanes and as a retrofit for airplanes equipped with Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line 21 avionics suite. With all the Pro Line 21 equipped airplanes on […]

While in some people’s minds it might stretch the definition of a “hybrid,” Eurocopter’s electric/turboshaft AS350 helicopter a few days ago successfully completed a flight with an electric backup motor. In this case, the motor doesn’t power the main blades for normal flight but assists during autorotation, which, according to Eurocopter, took much of the […]

The Nextant 400XT has received FAA certification, Nextant Aerospace announced on Wednesday, marking the final step in the approval process for one of the most extensively refurbished business jets on the market. The Nextant 400XT is a remanufactured Beechjet 400A upgraded with Williams FJ44-3AP turbofan engines and Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics. The jet […]