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The naming convention for IFR fixes sometimes seems like the FAA’s version of Scrabble.

More than 100 upgrades have been sold globally for the G5000 in the Excel/XLS fleet.

FAA approval of the avionics suite for the Pilatus PC-7 military trainer will also open the door for approval for the Beech Model 3000 and T6 Texan II, the company said.

Xwing will share flight and ground operations data, algorithms, and pertinent autonomous subject matter expertise with NASA. In turn, NASA researchers will use the information to develop a safety management system (SMS) where regular pilot-less flights can be integrated into the national airspace system.

he Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) met in Phoenix to discuss practical testing trends, practices, and standardization.

The FAA Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for new taxiways, enhancements and repairs at nine cargo airports.

The funding is broken up into a total of 43 grants that research teams at the selected universities will be able to leverage for their work.

Beginning in New York and Los Angeles, Delta and Joby plan to integrate Joby’s services as a premium shuttle service to and from airports where Delta operates. This will run alongside Joby’s planned airport services, making the partnership mutually exclusive in the U.S. and the U.K. for half a decade after Joby’s commercial launch.

The aviation community was expecting the announcement and points to progress on unleaded fuel in the market.

The labor group is opposed to efforts to certify the 737 Max 7 and Max 10 without modernized flight crew alerting systems.