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A roundup of announcements at NBAA-BACE: Day One

The G5000 avionics upgrade for the Citation XL/XLS/Excel turns older versions of this jet into a modern airplane.

Aircraft that qualify for U.S. en route CPDLC trials are listed in a document published by L3Harris.

Jay Yu is investor in Fewber Global, Keith Cochran is president and CEO of Kulr Technology, and Desiree Ward became president of Jet Access Aviation.

By Murdo Morrison2021-05-22T07:47:00+01:00 Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has unexpectedly ceased operations, after admitting it could not raise enough capital to bring its AS2 programme to market. Source: Aerion Aerion unveiled the AS2 in 2014 and had named several big industry names as suppliers The move, which will be a shock to many in the industry, comes despite Boeing-backed Aerion having secured $11.2 billion worth of orders, including from high-profile customers such as frac...

 - May 14, 2021, 9:30 AM Low-visibility procedures have been implemented in Europe for several years since the introduction of enhanced flight vision systems (EFVS) for credit and the one-third runway visual range (RVR) reduction. EFVS approaches are currently implemented across European airspace when landing at CAT I runways, using EFVS to 30-meter (100-foot) decision height. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is currently working on the implementation of EVS-to-land that uses...

Fractional-share provider  AirSprint Private Aviation has expanded the roles of its senior leadership. James Elian has added the title of CEO in addition to his duties as president. Elian has served as president since 2015 and has been with the company for 20 years. Jared Williams, meanwhile, is now COO in addition to his previous responsibilities as v-p of operations. Williams joined AirSprint in 2017 and has more than 20 years of business aviation experience. Petar Todorovic was promoted t...

 - April 14, 2021, 4:46 PM Universal Avionics is moving further ahead with development of its ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for helicopters, which features a head-wearable display (HWD) instead of a fixed head-up display (HUD). “The big play in the helicopter market is to go fully head-up,” said Universal Avionics CEO Dror Yahav. "We have several programs [underway].” The Tucson, Arizona-based company’s InSight integrated avionics suite is also making progress in th...

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 - January 27, 2021, 11:17 AM North Carolina-based Modern Aviation Wilmington has added avionics repair and installation to its Part 145 repair station operations, which the company said fully rounds out its four decades of maintenance capabilities at Wilmington International Airport. As part of that expansion, the company hired Ryan Zaiser as avionics manager. Zaiser previously spent 14 years at Gulfstream Aerospace as product support avionics/aircraft support manager, working the full line ...