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The order book at Raytheon could shrink by $1.75 billion according to an SEC filing by the company. Raytheon had been counting on a $900 million order from an unnamed company for its new Hawker Horizon bizjet. Market conditions and developmental delays mean the order “could be restructured or canceled,” the Associated Press reported the […]

Some Massachusetts businesses and aircraft owners are taking the business of restoring GA to health into their own hands. They’ve formed the Massachusetts Business Aviation Association. “The purpose of this non-profit association is to protect, promote and advocate the interests and needs of business and general aviation (in Massachusetts),” the group’s announcement said. The MBAA […]

From the one-more-thing-to-avoid-while-flying department — final testing starts Wednesday on a radar system that could have us sharing the skies with pilotless aircraft. Researchers at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California have been working on the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program for four years. The system gives remotely piloted aircraft the […]

The FAA might not be ready for it but that’s not stopping the Air Force and NASA from trying to develop “synthetic vision” to enable its pilots to fly and fight in any weather. Synthetic vision uses satellite navigation and a computer to present a virtual image of the terrain around the aircraft allowing the […]

Well, chances are your airplane already meets New Jersey’s “two-lock” rule. After much hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing by the alphabets over the rule, announced by the state a week ago, it now appears the normal precautions most of us take are enough for New Jersey. For instance, the two locks can be the door and magneto […]

EAA is rallying its New York members to battle a proposed law that would raise the minimum age for piloting an airplane in that state to 17 … and quite possibly complicate long cross-country flights for younger students from bordering states. Four Republican State Assembly members have introduced the bill, ostensibly to prevent an incident […]

That time-honored maxim to always read the fine print never found a better journalistic application than Monday’s edition of AVweb. We originally carried a story, based on an AOPA news release, that the FAA had issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring “hijack” transponders in all GA aircraft. Turns out the AOPA release was wrong […]

Although everyone in the industry knew it was just a matter of time, UPSATlet the cat out of the bag this week by giving avionics dealers a sneak peek at its new color mapcomm, the CNX80 Integrated Avionics System. The new navigator’s color display looks remarkably similar to Garmin’s line of color products but its […]

Women In Aviation International wrapped up its conference last weekend with its annual distribution of scholarship awards to dozens of women — this year’s total exceeded $300,000. The awards pay for aviation training and type ratings. About 2,400 people attended the event, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. “Even in these tough times,” said WAI President Peggy […]

If you’ve been waiting and waiting for the chance to fly your very own personal light jet, that day has arrived — at least, a simulated version of that day has arrived. “The Javelin’s performance is awesome. The flying experience is everything we hoped for and more,” said George Bye, president of Aviation Technology Group […]