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Chicago Police Department takes delivery of a Bell 429, signs purchase agreement for two Bell 407GXis

Bell Textron delived Bell 429 and a signed purchase agreement for two Bell 407GXi aircraft for the Chicago Police Department. The three aircraft will join the Helicopter Operations Unit’s existing fleet of all-Bell aircraft. The Chicago Police Department’s Helico...

Piper M700 FURY achieves TCCA type certification

Piper Aircraft new M700 FURY single-engine turboprop has been awarded type certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation. The validation also includes Flight into Known Icing approval. The first M700 FURY delivery into Canada is scheduled for this quarter, with additional international deliv...


Skyports and Royal Mail to extend UK’s longest running commercial drone delivery service

Skyports Drone Services and Royal Mail have celebrated the one-year anniversary of their pioneering drone delivery service in Orkney by announcing it has been extended until at least February 2026. The award-winning* Orkney I-Port project is the first UK commercial drone delivery service to be implemented on a regular basis under existing regulatory frameworks (using a beyond visual line of s...

KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft

Dutch national carrier KLM, member of the Air France-KLM Group, has taken delivery of its first A321neo as part of their fleet modernisation with latest generation, fuel-efficient aircraft. With the aircraft KLM joins the community of successful A321neo operators.By selecting the A321neo, KLM brings on-board the latest technology to lower decibels and to reduce the noise footprint during take-off,...

RECARO Aircraft Seating R1 & R2 seats take inaugural flight on KLM A321neo

25-year partnership with KLM takes flight with all RECARO cabin. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines selected RECARO Aircraft Seating back in 2022 to equip the cabins of their new A321neo aircraft with R1 and R2 seats. Seat deliveries began in 2023, and today, passengers had the opportunity to experience the new cabin during the inaugural flight from Hamburg to Amsterdam.For 25 years, RECARO and KL...

Pilatus to expand footprint in the United States

The Swiss manufacturer of the popular PC-12 single-engine turboprop and PC-24 Super Versatile Jet inks deal to develop a factory-owned flagship sales, design, and service center in Bradenton, Florida. In a ceremony at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ), Pilatus executives and Airport Authority officials signed an agreement to develop 17 acres on the north side of the airport for P...

Joby demonstrates autonomous flight in United States Air Force ‘Agile Flag’ exercise

Joby Aviation demonstrated autonomous logistics aircraft operations in an evolving mission environment, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force during the ‘Agile Flag 24-3’ exercise. During the exercise, Joby’s team, which includes the autonomy division of Xwing acquired by Joby in June of this year, operated a fully autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan for more than 3,900 mi...

XB-1 completes second flight

Boom XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft successfully executed its second flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. Following its first flight in March 2024, XB-1 continues to progress through its flight test program, targeting supersonic flight by the end of the year. The XB-1 program provides the foundation for the design and development of Overture, Boom&rsquo...

ATR celebrates milestone 1700th delivery

ATR delivered its 1,700th aircraft since the inception of the programme to longstanding customer Air Corsica. The delivery of this ATR 72-600 to the French airline completes the full transition of its fleet of ATR -500 series to the latest generation of turboprop aircraft, demonstrating its commitment to operational excellence, regional c...

Bombardier Global 7500 sets over 50 speed records in under 50 weeks

Bombardier Global 7500 business jet continues to pile up speed records, adding to its already impressive record-setting performances by reaching more than 50 records in less than 50 weeks. Some of the most impressive new industry records include essential city pairs from Miami to São Paulo, Tokyo to Los Angeles, Jeddah to London and London to Bahrain. To further accentua...

Cessna SkyCourier awarded type certification in the Philippines

Cessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop has been awarded type certification by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, expanding aircraft ability to support operational activities in remote areas of southeast Asia. The first SkyCourier in the region – A 19-seat passenger variant – is planned to be delivered in the second half of 2025 to Leading Edge Air Services Corporat...

magniX launches next phase in NASA program to electrify aviation

magniX launched the next phase in the NASAElectrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration program (EPFD) as it unveiled the De Havilland DHC-7 aircraft that will be retrofitted with magniX’s industry-leading electric powertrains.The aircraft, which was revealed at a ceremony in Seattle, Washington, featured the logos of magniX, NASA, and the provider of the Dash 7, Air Tindi. The unvei...

Archer closes PIPE as part of $230M in capital raised since end of Q2

Archer Aviation has now closed on $220M of this $230M of additional capital raised since the end of Q2, with $10M remaining in the form of a committed investment from Stellantis that remains subject to shareholder approval which is expected to occur later this year. When combined with the $360M of cash on hand at the end of Q2’24, Archer now maintains one of the strongest liquidity posi...

Crane Aerospace & Electronics selected to supply proximity sensing system for Deutsche Aircraft D328eco

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected by Deutsche Aircraft to supply the Proximity Sensing System for its 40-seater regional turboprop aircraft, the D328eco. This decision comes several months after Crane A&E was chosen to provide the brake control system for the same aircraft.For 60 years, Crane A&E has provided aircraft manufacturers with reliable proximity sensing componen...

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Garmin hits 1,000 King Air G1000 retrofits following landmark U.S. Army delivery

Marking a significant industry milestone, Garmin has delivered its 1,000th G1000 integrated flight deck retrofit for a King Air aircraft. The program has helped redefine cockpit modernizatio...

TECNAM unveils leadership transition as Giovanni Pascale Langer becomes CEO and Paolo Pascale Langer assumes Presidency

The Board of Directors of Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.p.A. has unanimously appointed Giovanni Pascale Langer as Chief Executive Officer, while Paolo Pascale Langer, who...

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