All small unmanned aircraft weighing more than 250 grams (0.55 lb.) will have to be registered by the owners before they fly in the national airspace system, if the FAA accepts the recommendations of its unmanned aircraft systems registration task force.
The $43.5 million G500, Gulfstream’s long-awaited replacement for the $41 million G450, is making its NBAA debut only six months after its first flight.
A group of nations led by the U.S. and Germany has submitted a proposal to the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) in Geneva to extend Ku- or Ka-band spectrum allocated for fixed-satellite services to unmanned aerial vehicles flying long-haul routes.
Embraer’s newly certified Legacy 450 will receive an increase of max range from 2,500 nm to 2,900 nm with four passengers, giving the twinjet New York-Los Angeles nonstop flight capability.
The National Business Aviation Association’s annual convention highlighted a cautious business jet outlook heading into 2016, according to an industry analyst.
Nextant Aerospace, best known for its fast-growing Nextant 400XTi light-jet remanufacture of the Beechjet 400A or 400XP, is now “studying engineering, costs, certification process and market potential for a super-midsize or large-cabin business jet rebuild project,” said Jay Heublin, Nextant executive vice president of global sales and marketing.
Embraer’s Lineage 1000E was showing off its range capability Nov. 14, flying nonstop from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to Las Vegas, departing with a reduced fuel load to meet the Teterboro weight restriction of 100,000 lb.
With the caveat that the year is by no means over yet, Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) presented its near end-of-term sales and delivery figures at the opening of the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) convention on Nov. 17.
ONE Aviation has received a $60 million order from Jinggong General Aviation, its exclusive distributor of Eclipse 550 and Eclipse Special Edition jets in China.
Flexjet has placed a firm order valued at $2.4 billion for 20 Aerion AS2 supersonic jets, with delivery to begin in 2023. First flight of the aircraft is expected in 2021.
