The Weekly of Business Aviation

Launch Technical Workforce Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has acquired Aviation Managed Solutions (AMS), based in Griffin, Georgia, the companies announced.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank heard an earful of opposition and doubt from senators on both sides of the political aisle Nov. 1.

Mark Briggs, co-founder of Safety Management Resources, says taking bad risks is "an awful difficult thing to change.” Briggs spoke at Bombardier’s 21st Safety Standdown USA in Wichita.

Airbus is stepping up flight trials of its H160 medium twin-engine helicopter with the first flight of the third prototype.

There’s “no aircraft in production that has content exclusively from an OEM’s region,” said Subhranshu Sekhar Das, Frost & Sullivan’s vice president and practice head for aerospace.

Startup Advanced Tactics Inc. has switched its focus from a fly/drive military truck to the commercial autonomous cargo and air taxi market and unveiled the smaller AT Transporter.

Unfortunately, only two-thirds of the rebates offered by the FAA during its year-long automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) rebate program were reserved before the program’s end in September.

Sun Air Jets in Camarillo, California, has added a Gulfstream GIV-SP to its fleet of charter aircraft.

Reno-Tahoe International Airport is one of four Class C commercial airports to take part in a pilot program allowing FAA-approved Part 107 drone operators to obtain “almost real-time approval to fly their drones” with the use of an app.

Magellan Jets rolled out a Corporate Membership Program on Oct. 24 for customers who need more than 100 hr. of business travel.

Bombardier’s London Biggin Hill Service Center has supported more than 40 maintenance events for customers in the region.

Thomas Global’s TFD 8601 AMLCD cockpit display has been certified by the FAA for installation on Dassault Falcon 50 aircraft.

Signature Flight Support has signed a license agreement with Fly Across at the Toluca International Airport, the company’ first location in Mexico.

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

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics Model 340A (SAAB/SF340A) and SAAB 340B airplanes.

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Basil Barimo has been elected president of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association.

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Windecker Aircraft will begin production of its Windecker Eagle I aircraft in China soon, the company said.

The FAA is proposing a $3.685 million civil penalty against NavWorx of Rowlett, Texas, for allegedly producing and selling automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) units containing a GPS chip that did not meet FAA requirements.

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

A judge in a legal fight between Cobham’s Aeroflex unit and Tel-Instrument, a designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement offerings, has awarded Aeroflex an additional $2.1 million in punitive damages.

Malaysian private aviation company Sapura Aero has taken delivery of an MD Helicopters MD 600N, the first helicopter without a tail rotor to be operated in Southeast Asia.

Leading drone manufacturer DJI has demonstrated a system that uses existing radio transmissions to enable authorities to identify and monitor drones.

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