The Weekly of Business Aviation

BAE Systems is to develop the flight computer for Supernal’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

The jet will feature more automation and a customized avionics suite.

Service center business worldwide continues to get busier.

The aircraft and engine certification schedules are set to align.

The expansions are part of ongoing growth of their worldwide facilities.

ShowNews talks to Textron’s CEO: Demand is in excess of supply.

An influx of first-time aircraft buyers enter the preowned market.

Besides the offer of medical assistance, MedAire’s Crew Check helps operators understand and assess their risk exposure during travel.

An economic downturn would not have the same impact as that in 2008.

Behind the scenes of Bombardier’s Global supersonic test.

Honeywell has continued its penetration into the advanced air mobility market with the Anthem flight deck, announcing an agreement with Supernal to explore integration of the cloud-connected cockpit avionics system into the Hyundai subsidiary’s planned electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

Fargo Jet Center (FJC), located at Hector International Airport (KFAR) in Fargo, North Dakota, has announced the expansion of its facility to include a new $22 million 112,000 ft.² hangar and office complex.

Textron Aviation has announced an agreement with ATP Flight School, a pilot training academy, for the purchase of 55 Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft.

FlyExclusive, the second-largest private jet company in the U.S., has opened Hangar 4—the newest facility at its Kinston, North Carolina, headquarters.

Neste says it will be producing 1.5 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel by the end of 2023, but that the wider "industry cannot build refineries on hope."

When you do eventually step into an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, what assurances will you have that its batteries are reliable and safe for the next flight?

Australian startup Dovetail has selected Mobius.energy to supply the battery system for its planned conversion of the Cessna Grand Caravan and other commuter aircraft to electric propulsion.

Several European regional airline CEOs are taking new aircraft technology timelines with a pinch of salt—they are welcoming the eco push but are generally technology agnostic.

Xwing has signed a 3-year contract with NASA to study performance, procedures and risks for flight automation.

A four-year journey finally reached its destination Wednesday as Signature Flight Support officially opened its new FBO at Birmingham Airport.

Ryan Stone’s to-do list at NBAA-BACE is concise.

French startup Aura Aero is looking to acquire a small carbon-fiber specialist as it intends to use the material for the wing of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft.

Honda Aircraft Co. is offering a new upgrade package for the HondaJet Elite to increase performance and provide avionics software enhancements for the aircraft.

Energy management company KULR Technology Group has acquired a vibration reduction capability originally developed to balance helicopter rotors that it plans to expand to “anything that spins,” from electric motors to wind turbines.

China’s XPeng AeroHT has completed the first public flight of its fifth-generation X2 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in Dubai, as it prepares to release details of its planned sixth-generation fly/drive vehicle.