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Key Takeaways:

  • Eclipse Aviation is rapidly expanding its workforce, having recently hired its 1,000th employee and continuing to add staff weekly to address its order backlog.
  • Boeing and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to bid on federal contracts for the next-generation air traffic control system, while AOPA opposes proposed airspace restrictions above a natural-gas terminal in Long Island Sound.
  • Local commissioners in Stuart, Florida, rejected FAA funding for Witham Field to gain control over airport operations, and the U.S. House is considering legislation to honor aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss' 100th anniversary of a speed record.
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Eclipse Aviation recently hired its 1,000th employee, and is continuing to add about 20 workers a week, as the company begins to fill its order backlog…

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to bid on federal contracts to build the next-generation air traffic control system…

AOPA opposes a request for airspace restrictions above a proposed natural-gas terminal in Long Island Sound…

Local commissioners in Stuart, Fla., voted to reject FAA funding for Witham Field in an effort to gain control over airport operations…

The U.S. House is considering legislation that would honor the 100th anniversary of aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss‘ speed record of 136.47 mph on the first V-8 powered motorcycle.

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