The Weekly of Business Aviation

Drone enterprise software developer PrecisionHawk on Jan. 23 announced a change of leadership.

During the next 10 years, manufacturers are expected to deliver nearly 7,500 new production helicopters worth $36.9 billion at retail prices, according to the 2020 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast by the Aviation Week Network.

Boeing appears to be watching a new turboprop in the planning at its likely future joint venture partner Embraer with some interest.

Sales of preowned helicopters in 2019 totaled $444 million, down 5% from 2018, according to Aero Asset, a Toronto-based helicopter brokerage firm.

Bombardier has received FAA certification for an avionics upgrade for Garmin G5000 avionics on board Learjet aircraft.

Billed as the “world’s largest trade show dedicated to the international helicopter community,” Heli-Expo 2020 opens Jan. 27 in Anaheim, California.

A coalition focused on sustainable alternative fuel for business aviation is calling attention to its use as it works to reduce carbon emissions at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Conferences and events for the Business Aviation community.

Matt Baer has been named regional vice president of sales for the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada for Gulfstream Aerospace.

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The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-06-08, which applied to certain Embraer S.A. Model ERJ 170-100 LR, -100 STD, -100 SE, and -100 SU airplanes; and Model ERJ 170-200 LR, -200 SU, and -200 STD airplanes.

Aircraft cabin completion/refurbishment and MRO specialist AMAC Aerospace of Basel, Switzerland, recently delivered a BBJ1 on time and anticipates two head-of-state Airbus corporate jets will arrive for work in January.

Millennium International, an FAA and EASA approved Part 145 repair station, has increased its emphasis on customer service, accessibility, and responsiveness.

uag MRO, a business aircraft solutions company, has completed a maintenance, repair and overhaul inspection on an Embraer Lineage.

Duncan Aviation, an aircraft service provider, has experienced significant growth in 2019, it said.

Flightstar Corp., an aviation service organization, has received FAA approval of Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST04439CH for certification of compatibility for wireless data technologies in the Bombardier Learjet 40/45/70/75 aircraft.

Western Aircraft has finalized the first Gogo AVANCE L5 inflight connectivity system installation on a Pilatus PC-24.

The FAA has awarded Texas Turbine Conversions, an aircraft propeller design and manufacturing company, a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Hartzell Propeller’s high-performance five-blade propellers for the Casa 212 aircraft.

Embraer has expanded Clay Lacy Aviation’s Service Center authorization.

Charlie Wiplinger, president of Wipaire, a South Saint Paul, Minnesota producer of aircraft floats, has been named CEO.

Will Bombardier break up completely or sell off its business aviation business altogether?

Autonomous urban air mobility vehicles with centralized command and control will increase safety, Chinese air-taxi developer EHang says in a new white paper.

The National Business Aviation Association has updated guidelines in a training resource for very light jets and technically advanced aircraft (TAA).

The number of used business jets for sale in January rose 5% compared to a year ago but declined in December, while average list prices decreased 6% compared to a year ago, according to Jefferies Equity Research.