Dassault and its industrial partners are to design the Falcon 7X business jet using sister company Dassault Systémes' product life-cycle management software. Dassault will use Catia for digital product definition and simulation, Delmia to define and simulate manufacturing processes, and Enovia to manage the collaborative, distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources.
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.
Norwegian investigators believe aviation regulators and the government should assess whether sufficient consideration is given to flight safety when granting aerodrome licences, following a series of flight-school incidents at Gullknapp Arendal airport.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
