Dassault and Sagem have followed an April 2002 unmanned air vehicles (UAV) co-operation agreement by creating a 50/50-owned company Dassault Sagem Tactical UAV. The company, which exists purely as a legal entity, was created to respond to French or international calls for tender, Dassault says.
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.
