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Alternative-energy aircraft developer Ampaire has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tamarack Aerospace Group “to develop further aerodynamic upgrades for Ampaire’s family of hybrid electric aircraft.” Plans call for Tamarack to adapt its “Smartwing” active winglet technology to Ampaire’s alternative energy variants of the Cessna 208 Caravan, Twin Otter and Beechcraft King Air aircraft. […]

Bombardier has signed a multiyear deal with aviation services company Signature Aviation for the purchase of enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to cover all of its flight operations. The agreement was signed at the 2022 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition and is slated to begin on Jan. 1, 2023. It will use the Signature […]

Gulfstream’s latest model, the G800, is making its NBAA-BACE debut this year at Orlando (Florida) Executive Airport’s static display line. The G800 is the newest (and largest/fastest/longest-range) member of a wide selection of Gulfstream designs. At a press briefing on Oct. 17, the day before the opening of the show, company President Mark Burns expressed […]

At Dassault Aviation’s NBAA-BACE press briefing today (Oct. 17) in Orlando, Florida, CEO Eric Trappier opened his comments with an expression of empathy for Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian and admiration for the courage of Ukraine and its allies in the ongoing war. He also acknowledged that, based in part on those events, […]

Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has delivered its first Aston Martin Edition ACH130 helicopter to a U.S customer, the company announced at NBAA-BACE 2022. Originally intending to produce just 15 of the special edition model, which features interior and exterior designs created by Aston Martin, ACH said last May that it was planning to continue production […]

Honda Aircraft Company announced the HondaJet Elite II on opening day at NBAA-BACE in Orlando, Florida. Hideto Yamasaki, Honda’s president and CEO, said at its press conference that the improvements made to the latest HondaJet are the result of focused market and geographical research. There are currently 225 HondaJet models in service and the latest, […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced on Tuesday that its 2022 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2022) has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Jan. 18-21, 2022, the event will now take place April 5-7. According to NBAA, the decision was made due to circumstances related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “With the recent emergence of […]

There’s a reason why the Cessna Citation Excel is in demand on the current used mid-sized business jet market. It’s reliable and has good performance and a comfortable cabin. But many aging Excels are in need of avionics, interior and paint upgrades. As a result, three high-level retired Cessna executives started Citation Partners—a company that […]

At NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Honeywell was showing off its Anthem cockpit display system. While most of the digital flight decks offer limited customization, the Anthem system is flexible enough to allow extensive display customization, to include controllers from other manufacturers. In addition to eye-popping graphics, the Anthem display offers a massive moving map option […]

Textron Aviation recently unveiled its next-generation Citation models with the M2 Gen2 and XLS Gen2. AVweb took a look at the cabin-focused updates on the aircraft at the 2021 National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas.