Business & Commercial Aviation

Boeing completed the acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. in early November. The developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms and autonomous systems, Aurora will operate under Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology as a subsidiary.

The FAA has proposed a $3.685 million civil penalty against NavWorx of Rowlett, Texas, for allegedly producing and selling automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast units containing a GPS chip that did not meet the agency's requirements and misrepresenting the products to customers.

DC Aviation Al Futtaim in Dubai opened a second hangar on Nov. 12, the first day of the Dubai Airshow.

ARGUS International has introduced an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) integration into its aircraft activity analysis and market intelligence tool TRAQPak FBO.

Priority Aviation has spun off its subsidiary, Priority One Jets, and is entering the cannabis business with the acquisition of Telluride Health Co.

Astronautics Corp. of America is undertaking the next phase of a contract with the FAA focused on developing and validating the methodologies for cybersecurity on core avionics systems.

CenTex Aerospace is offering increased-gross-weight conversions to the King Air 350 turboprop with a new STC. Final approval is expected this month on the Halo 350.

Illegal charter operations are a growing problem in the industry, and more must be done to address that, the National Air Transportation Association said during the Oct. 24 FAA General Aviation Safety Summit in Washington.

In December 1967, BCA published pieces about the Britten-Norman Islander, Lear Jet 25 and a reason behind a pilot shortage.

Reignwood International Investment Group of Beijing has agreed to purchase 50 additional Bell 505 JetRanger Xs.

Munich and Moscow Domodedovo airports have signed a sister agreement to provide an exchange of knowledge for employees and managers at both airports.

JetCraft has partnered with Aerolineas Ejecutivas to expand its presence in Latin America. The aircraft sales division of Aerolineas Executives will operate as a Jetcraft authorized representative in Latin America, the Caribbean and Latin markets in Florida and Texas.

Completion of a business jet is a complex process, and if it’s a maiden voyage for you, it can be just as daunting as sailing the oceans in the time of Elizabeth I.

The entire information industrial complex is seeing enormous genuine potential in artificial intelligence, big data and machine-learning.

Rockwell Collins has taken the idea of proactive aircraft data transfer a step further—in two directions—with its new Aircraft Information Manager.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Selected accidents and incidents in October 2017. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

BCA shares news of the latest products and services for the business aviation industry.

Most pilots have experienced a black-hole approach or departure—a nighttime phenomenon that, if gone unrecognized, can lead to disaster.

How often are you required to do something so quickly in your cockpit that you have no time to read your checklist, consult the crew or think? During my years as a U.S. Air Force pilot, I was fed a steady dose of what we called "bold-print" items in our checklists that had to be committed to memory.

Hawker 750 operators say dispatch reliability is rock solid, the aircraft is easy to fly and quiet, smooth and comfortable for passengers.

There are several notable developing aviation trends, including UAVs, electric power, membership clubs and Uber flight. Now, add to that list a resurgent interest and investment in supersonic civilian aircraft.

Are we not flying manually enough, or are we flying automatically too long? Many cockpits are missing a system or a technique for initiating go-arounds.

Aircraft systems monitoring and reporting is on the cutting edge of the digital age, recording and reporting everything from oil pressure at takeoff compared with the previous 49 takeoffs, to detecting faults in a sensor itself.

Astronautics has completed the preliminary design review for its new connectivity platform for the Astronautics Air-Ground Communications System for Airbus Helicopters.