The UK's Trace Worldwide and Air Group (AGA) of the USA are merging their respective completion centres at London Biggin Hill Airport and Tyler, Texas. Trace specialises in interior design and manufacture for commercial and business aircraft and helicopters, while AGA fabricates and installs aircraft cabin entertainment and communications systems and avionics.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
