The Weekly of Business Aviation

CenTex Aerospace is offering increased gross weight conversions to the King Air 350 turboprop with a new Supplemental Type Certificate. Final approval is expected in December.

Stratos Aircraft’s 714 very light jet prototype has logged more than 80 hr. of flight time in more than 44 flights, the company reports.

News network CNN has been approved to fly drones over crowds, becoming the first operator granted a waiver to FAA rules banning flights over people.

The Santa Monica Municipal Airport plans to begin work Oct. 23 to shorten the airport’s runway, after a district court judge dissolved a temporary restraining order halting the action.

Sales orders and inquiries for Textron Aviation’s King Airs improved during the third quarter, although King Air deliveries decreased amid a strong U.S. dollar and weaker international economies.

Bombardier is expecting more than 450 attendees at its 21st Safety Standdown USA safety seminar when it opens Oct. 31.

Constant Aviation’s newest maintenance, repair and overhaul facility has opened for business at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.

Wencor Group, based in Peachtree City, Georgia, has acquired Fortner Engineering & Manufacturing, a certified 145 repair station specializing in hydraulic component repair and maintenance.

A U.S. District Court has dissolved a temporary restraining order that had instructed Santa Monica, California, not to take action to shorten the runway at the city’s airport.

Textron Aviation has won a fleet order for 11 aircraft, including one Citation Latitude jet and 10 King Air 250 turboprops to support air ambulance missions in Norway.

Described by CEO Tom Enders as a “win-win-win situation for everyone,” Airbus’s unparalleled agreement to acquire a majority stake in the C Series aircraft without paying anything is both the deal of the century for the European giant and a lifeline for Bombardier.

Project Wing, the drone delivery service under development by Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” has returned to Australia for wider trials of deliveries to real-world customers.

The Corporate Angel Network (CAN) raised $435,000 during its charity event at the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition Oct. 11.

Textron Aviation’s Mexico partner Aerolineas Ejecutiva is expanding its role with the company by including new aircraft sales and service for its line of jets and turboprops.

Jet Support Services Inc. and Metrojet have signed an airframe maintenance agreement to offer customers on JSSI maintenance programs the ability to access airframe maintenance service.

Consulting firms CommCore Consulting Group and Stangarone & Associates have formed a joint aviation and aerospace communications practice.

TAG Aviation Maintenance Service Center in Geneva has expanded its on-site aircraft refurbishment services.

The University of North Dakota (UND) has launched a $1.5 million scholarship endowment for high-achieving students for flight training.

ACM Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm, has partnered with Miami NDT, a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) engine service provider.

The TrueNorth Avionics brand is transitioning to Satcom Direct (SD) in the coming months, reflecting the integration of the two companies.

AS Aerospace, a newly-appointed Bell Helicopter Authorized Customer Service Facility, will now offer Bell 429 field maintenance.

Duncan Aviation’s satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti’s BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.

MSB Group is providing engineering design and manufacturing of interior monuments for a number of cabin interior projects for Field Aviation in Canada.

Stellar Labs, founded in 2014, has raised $26.3 million in Series A equity funding from Global Jet Capital.

he FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 7X airplanes.